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U.S.HISTOHY 

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COVERING THE FULL GROUND 

From the Earliest History to the End of 

the Cuban-Spanish-American 

Conflict of 1898—99. 



Specially Prepared as an Aid to Teachers in 
Every^Day School Work. 

Arranged in Epochs and Topics. 



/ BY 

J. W. WAYMIRE, 

JAMTON, O. 
PRINTED BY O. HATFIELD, CENTER, O. 

1899 



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Copyright, 1898, 
By J. W. Waymire. 



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PREFACE.^ 



THIS book has grown out of the necessities and 
experiences of the class room. It is intended for 
teachers and students of United States History. 
The aim has been to bring together in a convenient 
form and by easy references many of those facts 
which often embarrass so many, and to answer 
questions which were continually suggesting them- 
selves and which did not yield a ready re.vSponse until 
after laborious research. 

The various topics are presented systematically 
and the grouping of facts has been done in a manner 
most easily understood. 

As the value of a work of this kind depends in 
large measure upon its accuracy, it is proper to say 
that in nearly every instance the statements made 
haye been carefully verified. 

The utmost efforts have been made to render the 
work worthy of its purpose. 

The author takes pleasure in expressing his grat- 
itude to Mr. A. B. Shauck, Principal of the Eng- 
lish and Classical Training School, Dayton, Ohio, for 
valuable assistance. 



QUESTIONS 

ON 



United Statc^ Hi^^oi^y- 



Epoch I., 1492. — Prehistoric Ages. 

1. What is History ? Name its sources. What 
three faculties of the mind chiefly are cultivated by 
the study of History ? 

2. Into how many chief epochs can the history 
of the United States be divided ? 

8. Give proofs that America was inhabited by a 
race of mankind previous to the Indians. 

4. What records show that America was discov- 
ered previous to the discover)^ of Columbus ? 

5. Tell where the first white visitors of America 
came from. Give date and tell all you can of them. 

(i. Who were Snorri and Thorfin Karlsefne ? 

7. Describe the cruises of the Icelanders. 

8. Sketch the appearance and some of the cus- 
toms of the North American Indians and the 
Mound Builders. 

9. Sketch the main physical features of the U.S-. 

10. Describe the religion of the Indians. Give 
supposed origin of the Indian race. 

11. What led to the re-discovery of America ? 

12. Give birth, parentage, early life, character, 
voyages, and death, of Columbus. 



Questions on U. S. History. 



Epoch II., 1492-1607. —Period of Discovery. 

13. Tell the story of Columbus. 

14. How many, and what were the names of the 
ships in his first fleet ? On which one did he sail ? 

15. Trace and date the voyages of Columbus. 

16. Why did they stop at the Canary Islands ? 

17. Who discovered this continent before Col- 
umbus ? Relate when and where. 

18. Explain why this country was named Amer- 
ica instead of Columbia. 

19. What reward did Columbus receive for his 
discoveries ? Do you give him all the credit ? Why? 

20. Did Isabel of Spain pawn her jewels to aid 
Columbus ? Give the extent of her aid. 

21. Name the nations that explored the country 
now known as the United States. 

22. Relate and give dates of the explorations or 
discoveries of five Spanish, five French, three Dutch 
and three Portuguese. Give results. 

23. When and where was the first colony found- 
ed on this continent ? 

24. When and where were the first and second 
permanent setttlements made in the United States? 

25. Describe the first attempts to form English 
settlements in America. Give names and results. 

26. Name, tell when and where the first perma- 
nent English settlement was made and why it was 
so named. 

27. Tell when and where the first permanent 
settlement was made by the Dutch. 

28. Name the first permanent settlements made 
by the French in America and U. S. Give dates. 

29. Name the first Spanish, French and Dutch 
discoverers. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



30. Who sought the " Seven Cities of Cibola"? 

31. Who discovered the Mississippi River, Flor- 
ida, Pacific Ocean, St. Lawrence River, Labrador, 
Hudson Bay ? Who conquered Mexico and Peru, 
and when ? 

32. Give name of the first circumnavigator of 
the globe, and date of circumnavigation. 

33. Who first published to the world that the 
earth was a sphere ? 

34. Who laid the foundation of Quebec ? 

35. Who was called " Father of New France"? 

36. Tell of the inscription, " Not as French, but 
as heretics". 

37. What part of the Mississippi River did De 
Soto and his followers* explore ? 

38. Give date and tell who sailed the Mississippi 
River its entire length. 

Epoch III , 1607-1775— Colonial Period. 
London Company. 

39. Who sent out settlers to Jamestown ? Date. 

40. Bound the territory granted to the London 
Company. 

41. How many charters had the London Com- 
pany ? Explain each. 

42. Relate some important events in the life of 
John Smith. Christopher Newport. 

43. Tell of Powhatan, Pocahontas, John Rolfe, 
and " Lady Rebecca". 

44. Give date of the first law-making body in 
America and tell who was governor at this time. 

45. Relate how slavery was introduced into this 
country, and give date. 



Questions on u. s. history. 



46. Who was Berkeley, and for what did he 
"thank God"? 

47. Give date, cause and result of Bacon's Re- 
bellion. 

48. Likewise of Clayborne's Rebellion. 

49. Why were Virginia and Maryland so named? 

50. Describe the Navigation Laws. 

51. Give a summary of the London Company. 

52. What kind of people were they ? 

53. Name the first English child born in America. 

54. Describe the settlements of Maryland. 

55. Give an account of the Calvert brothers. 

56. Locate the Isle of Kent and tell why it is so 
noted. Tell what you know of it. 

Plymouth Company. 

57. When and by whom was the first colony 
founded in Massachusetts ? Give old and new dates. 

58. Why were they called Pilgrims and Puritans. 

59. Tell why they came to America, where from 
and give their number. 

60. Give the name of their vessel. 

61. Who was their first governor, and where was 
he chosen ? 

62. Who were Miles Standish and Benj. Church ? 
68. After the death of Governor Carver, who 

filled his place ? 

64. Relate the story of Bradford and the Indian 
schemes. 

Salem and Other New England Colonies. 

65. How long after the settlement at Plymouth 
did the Salem Colony enter Salem Harbor, and who 
was their first governor ? 



Questions ON U. S. History. 



66. Locate Governor Winthrop's Colony. 

67. Explain the trouble, Religious Intolerance. 

68. Give brief sketches of Roger Williams and 
John Davenport. 

69. Explain fully the banishment of Roger Wil- 
liams and Anne Hutchinson. 

70. Locate Harvard College and give full account 
of its origin. 

71. Describe the Pequod War and give date. 

72. Name the first confederation in the United 
States, the settlements that composed it, and tell 
how long it lasted. Give date of the first constitu- 
tion written in America. 

73. Sketch fully the introduction of the Society 
of Friends, or Quakers, into the United States. 

74. What can you say of the charter of Rhode 
Island in 1644 ? 

75. Of John Elliot and Thomas Hooker ? 

76. Describe King Philip's war, date and result. 

77. Relate the circumstance that caused the ex- 
pression, "My heart breaks, now I am ready to die". 

78. Give date of the first printing press and pub- 
lication in the U. S., and name the printer. 

79. Name and locate the town in which they were. 
Also of the first printing joress in America. 

80. Tell why the following names were applied : 
St. Lawrence, Pacific, Florida, St. Augustine, Vir- 
ginia, Pilgrims, Puritans, Jamestown, Maryland. 

81. To whom were given the following names : 
"Viceroy of the New World", "Father of New 
France", "Lady Rebecca", and "Light of the 
Western Churches"? 

82. Say what you can of a " Civil body politic" . 



Questions on u. s. history. 



Dutch Colony. 

83. Say what you can of the Dutch Republic. 

84. Also of the Diitch East India Company, the 
London Company, and the English Company. 

85. Give the dates of the birth and death of 
Henry Hudson and an account of his voyages. Un- 
der what auspices did he sail ? 

86. Describe the Dutch West India Company. 

87. The Patroons. 

88. Who was Adrian Block ? 

89. Why was Manhattan Island so named, of 
whom was it purchased and for how much ? 

90. Say what you can of Swedes in America. 

91. Relate a short history of the early govern- 
ment of New Yorit. 

92. Name the four Dutch governors. 

98. Who were called the following: "Wooden 
Leg" and "Walter, the Doubter"? 

94. Say what you can of the English conquest 
of New Netherhmds. 

95. Also of the Dutch re-conquest. 

96. What colony was without a governor forty 
years ? 

97. Say what you can of William Perm and why 
he was expelled from Oxford University. 

98. Why was he deprived for a while of his title 
to Pennsylvania ? 

99. From whom did he get this tract and when? 

100. Define Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and tell 
when the latter was laid out. 

101. When, where, and with whom did Penn 
make his famous treaty, and how long did it last ? 

102. What became of the belt of wampun which 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



the Iroquois gave to Penn under the Elm Tree ? 

103. Recite the ingratitude towards Penn. Give 
a noted quotation from him regarding his colony. 

English Revolution. 

104. Give the cause of the English Revolution. 

105. Say what you can of the Navigation Acts, 
and how they were regarded in Massachusetts. 

106. Give a sketch of Oliver Cromwell and tell 
why he is mentioned in our history. 

Southern Colonies. 

107. Define the phrase, " Conflicting Grants". 

108. Say what you can of the ' ' Grand Model". 

109. Who was the first governor of North Caro- 
lina, and where did he lose his life ? 

110. Describe, give date and results of Mon- 
mouth's Rebellion. 

111. Sketch the ruling of Sir Edmond Andros. 

112. Relate the story of the Charter Oak. 

118. From the beginning of our history to this 
epoch name the important trees. 

114. Name the rebellions to this epoch, and give 
dates, and causes and results. 

115. Name the thirteen original colonies in 
chronological order, w^ith dates and settlements. 

116. How many and what kinds of colonial gov- 
ernments were there ? 

117. Describe each. 

118. Name the colonies under each. 

Parliamentary Rule. 

119. Who was king during the English Revolu- 
tion of 1688 and why ? 



Questions on u. 8. history. 



120. Describe the witchcraft delusion, and tell 
when and where it existed. 

121. Who were Leisler, Sloughter and Andros ? 

122. Recite the three principles that the English 
Revolution settled, and tell which of these were 
steps toward the great Revolution. 

128. Say what you can about the plans for union 
and the Board of Trade. 

124. Who drew up a plan for the union of the 
American colonies ? 

125. Who invented the postage stamp and who 
founded the postal service ? 

126. Say what you can of the Mercantile System. 

127. What about Queen Anne and King William ? 

128. What were the first, second and third publi- 
cations in America ? 

129. Name three colleges and tell when founded. 

180. How many libraries at this time ? 

181. Describe the founding of Georgia, give date 
and tell why. 

182. Name the founders of the Quakers and 
Methodists. 

183. Name a noted preacher opposed to slavery, 
and one tliat recommended it. 

184. Who is known as the great slave trader ? 

185. What was the origin of the witchcraft de- 
lusion ? 

French Colonies. 

186. Tell who was the first French navigator to 
reach the American continent. Give date, locate, 
and tell what he called it. . 

187. (rive a brief outline of the adventures of 
Fathers Marquette and La Salle. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



188. Name the first settlement in the Mississippi 
valley. 

189. When was the Ohio river discovered and by 
whom ? 

14:0. (rive the locations of the first French settle- 
ments in America and in the United States. 

141. Who was John Law ? Describe the Missis- 
sippi scheme. 

142. Name and locate the old French forts. 
148. Who constituted the " Society of Jesus"? 

144. Who fell dead while engaged in prayer on 
the shore of Lake Michigan ? 

145. Name a famous explorer who was buried un- 
der a flight of stairs in Quebec. 

146. Locate the burial places of De Soto and La 
Salle. 

147. How many wars between the French and 
English ? 

Intercolonial Wars. 

148. Name in order the four Intercolonial Wars. 

149. Whj^ are they known as the "Wag Wars"? 

150. Give a brief description of each, with date 
and name of treaty. 

151. Name, give cause and date of all the wars 
up to 1768. 

152. Tell what part the Indians took in each. 
158. What treaty was never sworn to and never 

broken by the Indians ? 

154. Locate the disputed territory which caused 
the French and Indian war. 

155. How did the French and Indian war affect 
the debt of Great Britain ? 

156. Who fired the first gun in the war ? 



Questions on U. S. History. 



157. Relate the story concerning Governor Din- 
widdle, Venango, Washington, Half Moon and Gist. 
How old was Washington at this time ? 

158. Tell what you know of the Great Meadows 
and Fort Necessity. 

159. Say what you can of Dr. Franklin and the 
union of the colonies. 

160. Relate the incident of Braddock's defeat, 
telling where he was killed and where, when and by 
whom he was buried. 

161. Tell the story of Braddock and Washington. 

162. Give the chief events of the French and In- 
dian war. 

168. What territories were acquired by England 
and Spain. 

164. Describe the conspiracy of Pontiac. 

165. Where are Gibraltar of America and the 
Plains of Abraham ? 

166. Sketch the careers of Wolfe and Montcalm. 

167. Locate their burial places and repeat their 
dying words. 

168. Say what you can of the Ohio Company. 

169. What message did the governor of Virginia 
send to the French commander ? 

170. Who climbed a lofty limestone cliff and cut 
his name in the rock with a hunting-knife ? Where? 

171. Why were Pittsburg and New Jersey so 
named ? 

172. What colony was formed as a home for Eng- 
lish debtors ? 

178. What one became a refuge for Catholics ? 

174. Who settled Florida ; discovered Mississippi 
river ; founded Quebec ; conquered Mexico ; crossed 
the Pacific Ocean ? 



QUESTIONS ON U, 



175. What three distinguished generals fell at 
Quebec ? 

176. Who killed Braddock ? 

177. In what war did fighting begin two years 
before war was declared ? 

178. What reward did the Indians who killed 
Pontiac receive ? 

179. Tell who rose from a si<^k bed to lead his 
troops. 

180. Name the colonies that were under each 
form of government. 

181. Tell what great general is buried off the 
National Road, one mile from Fort Du Quesne. 

182. What fort stood where Pittsburg now is ? 

183. Relate why the governor of Pennsylvania 
interposed and paid a debt for Dr. Franklin. 

184. When was war actually declared by Great 
Britain against France ? 

185. During Braddock's defeat liow m.any horses 
were slain under him and how many bullets were 
sent through his clothes ? 

186. How many fair shots were fired at General 
Washington by a sharp shooter ? 

Literature and General Progress. 

187. Compare the London Company and the 
Plymouth Company, as to the general progress, 
customs and habits. 

188. Name the first printer and the first and 
second publications that were printed in the United 
States. Where and when ? 

189. When and where was the first printing 
press in America ? 

190. Name the first journal, or newspaper, pul)- 



QUESTIONS ON IT. S. HISTORY. 



lislied in America and by whom. 

191. Who wrote the first book in America ? 
Give date. 

192. Who said that "Heaven and earth never 
agreed better to form a phice of man's habitation." 

193. Who were known as follows : ' ' The Patri- 
arch of New England," "Light of the Western 
Churches," "Founder of Methodism," "Founder 
of Quakerism," " Opposer of Slavery," "Indian 
Apostle," " Worship God according to the dictates 
of your own conscience." 

191. What was the first Bible in America called? 

195. Who was known as the Great Historian at 
this time ? 

196. Why was Yale College so named ? 

197. Name seven colleges in America, where and 
when founded. 

198. Who were Edwards and Whitefield ? 

199. Who was John Bartram ? 

200. Give customs and habits of the people dur- 
ing the colonial period. 

General Questions for Review. 

201. Name the Northmen explorers, tell what 
they explored and give date. 

202. As to habits, explain the difference be- 
tween the fndians and Mound Builders. 

208. Tell of the five Spanish, English and French 
discoverers, or explorers, giving date and what 
each explored. Also name the other nations that 
explored America. 

204. Tell what part of the Mississippi River De- 
Soto and his followers explored ; and who sailed 
the entire length of the river. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S'. HISTORY. 



205. Relate when and where was the first law- 
making body in America. 

206. The first civil body politic. 

207. The first confederation. 

208. The first constitution written. 

209. Name the first settlement in the U. S.,and 
by whom settled. 

210. Who first saw this continent ? 

211. Who first saw the mainland ? 

212. To whom do you give credit for the discov- 
ery of America, and why ? 

213. Who first published that the earth was round ? 

214. State when and where was the first printing 
press in the United States. 

215. Who wa-s the first printer in the U. S.? 

216. Where and when was the first printing 
press in America ? 

217. Tell what the first publication was called, 
and where and when published. 

218. Tell what was the first newspaper published 
in the U. S., and when and by whom. 

219. What and where was the first daily paper 
in the U. S. ? 

220. Name and locate the three first colleges in 
the U. S., and give dates of founding. 

221. Who circumnavigated the globe and when ^ 

222. Tell who fired the first gun in the French 
and Indian war. 

223. Tell when the first slaves were brought tc 
America and by whom. 

221. Trace the voyages of Columbus, and give 
date of each. 

225. Name and give date of the first war and 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



rebellion that occurred in the U. S. 

226. What is the extent of the first Epoch ? 

227. Who first inhabited this country ? 

228. Who sailed the first ship on the Great Lakes? 

229. State who the first governor of North Car- 
olina was and where did he lose his life. 

280. What was the first Bible published in North 
America and by whom translated ? 

231. State who discovered the S. E. and S. W. 
passages and give date. 

282. Who tried to find the N. E. and N. W. 
passages ? 

288. Who were Marco Polo, Bartholomew Gos- 
nold, Raleigh, Herjulfson and Benjamin Church? 

284. Name some important Indian chiefs. 

285. What historical persons or incidents are 
suggested by the following: Lady Rebecca; Light 
of the Western Churches; The Founder Of 
Methodism ; The Founder of Quakerism ; The Op- 
poser of Slavery; The Indian Apostle; "Worship 
God according to the dictates of your own con- 
science" ; Viceroy of the New World; Father of 
New France ; " Thank God there is no free schools" ; 
" My heart breaks, now I am ready to die"; The 
Man of Dauntless Courage; Peg-leg; Silver-leg; 
Child of tlio Sun; Patroons; Pilgrims; Puritans; 
Jesuits; Half Moon ; Golden Hind ; " I will found a 
colony for all mankind"; City of Brotherly Love; 
Plains of Abraham; "They run! They run!" 
"Who run?" "Now, God be praised, I die happy". 
The Printer Boy of Boston ; Great Natural Botanist ; 
Buccaneer of the Seas; Seven Cities of Cibola; 
Cat Island. 

236. State why the following were so named: 
St. Lawrence, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, l^ittshurg, 



^UKSTIUNS ON U. S. H1STOK.Y. 



Virginia, America, Maryland, St, Augustine, Pacific 
Ocean, Yale College, Harvard College, Manhattan 
Island, Jamest"own, Florida, Connecticut River, and 
Plj^nouth Rock. 

237. Who was buried under a flight of stairs at 
Quebec ? 

238. Who was buried in the Mississippi River 
and why ? 

289. State who died on or near the Plains of 
Abraham. 

2-iO. Tell where Hudson was buried. 

241. State where the last resting place of Col- 
umbus is. 

242. Where was La Salle buried ? 

248. Who explored the Ohio River and when ? 

244. Name the thirteen original colonies, with 
date and place of settlement. 

245. Name the war that began two years before 
war was declared and give date. 

246. Locate the territory acquired by England 
and Spain from the French and Indian war. 

247. How did the French lose foothold in America ? 

248. Name and locate the important trees known 
in American history to the Fourth Epoch'. 

249. State when the Mississippi River formed 
the western boundary of the U. S. 

250. Tell what great preacher gave his earnings 
to the poor. 

251. Relate why Pennsylvania, Maryland and 
Georgia were settled. Give results. 

252. Name the sources of History. 

253. State why the colonists were compelled to 
a Political Union. 

254. State Washington's first duty, and result. 



i^LrKSTlONS ON U . S. HISTOKV. 



255. Tell all you know about the Ohio Company. 

256. Name in order the Dutch governors. 

257. From the colonists of what country did we 
get our language, laws and literature ? 

258. Give the extent of the First, Second and 
Third Epochs. 

259. Tell something of each of the following : 
John Law, Captain Kidd, John Cotton, Hannah 
Dustin, and Metacom. 

260. Make a list of the eminent men and women 
of the Colonial Period, and state in what way each 
became noted. 

261. Write two hundred words on the life of 
Benjamin Franklin. 



Epoch IV., 1775-1 780.- Revolutionary Period. 
Causes. 

1. Name the remote causes of the Revolution- 
ary War. 

2. Name the direct or innni'diate causes. 

3. Who signed nearlv hnW of North America to 
the English f 

4. State what the Writs of Assistance were. 

5. Tell what tlie Stamp Act was, when passed 
and wlien repealed, 

6. Name two great men who favored the repeal 
of the Stamp Act. 

7. Describe the Mutiny and Importation Acts. 

8. What is known as the Boston Massacre ? 

9. Describe the Boston Port Bill. 

10. What is known in history as the "Boston 
Tea Party," and why r 



iJUKSTIONSON U. S. UISTOR\. 



11. Wliat is known as the " Tea Episode"? 

12. Explain the name of the company known as 
the Minute Men. 

13. Who was Patrick Henry and give three quo- 
tations from his famous speech. 

14. Describe the first steps taken by the Colonies 
towards resisting tyranny. 

15. State why Samuel Adams is called the 
" Father of the Revolution." 

1(5. Locate what was considered tlie hot bed of 
the Rebellion. 

17. At what place and time did the first Conti- 
nental Congress convene ? 

18. Name the colony that was not represented 
in this Congress. 

19. Name the president and secretary of the first 
Continental Congress, and tell what was done by 
this body. 

20. Who proposed this American Congress ? 

21. Describe the " Sons of Liberty", 

22. Tell the story of the Gaspe. 

23. What is known as the " Cradle of Liberty"? 

24. When and where was the first blood spilled? 

25. Tell where America had military stores and 
who tried to destroy them and when ? 

26. Tell the story of Paul Revere and William 
Dawes. 

27. Wlio hung the light as a signal for Paul 
Revere. 

28. Tell what are known as the Old South Church 
and North Church. 

29. Who wrote the poem of Paul Revere's ride ? 
80. Describe the battle of Lexington, and how 

it occurred and rciiulted. 



81. Tell who was sent by General Gage to de- 
stroy the a'nmunition. 

32. Tell who oftered the first prayer in Congress 
and what chapter was read from the Bible. By whom? 

88. who had command of the British army at 
the commencement of the ilevolutionary War 'i 

84. Tell the story of Israel Putnam. 

35. Who said "Disperse, ye villains! Throw 
down your arms! Fire!" 

86. Describe the Mecklenburg Resolutions ,und 
tell who wrote it and w^hen. 

87. Tell where Carpenters' Hall is. 

88. Tell what young king was knowm as narrow- 
minded and obstinate. 

39. Who is known as the friend of America ? 
Who hated Pitt ? 

40. How^ did Harvard College celebrate the ac- 
cession of George II I . i' 

41. Tell what act of Parliament was the folly of 
England and the ruin of America. 

42. Who said, " The sun of liberty is Bet; the 
Americans must light the lamps of industry and 
economy.'? 

48. On what occasion was this said : '' We shall 
light the torches of another sort."? 

44. Give some good sayings of Pu trick Henry and 
what two important delegates heard this speech ? 

45. On what occasion was the following said : 
" You and I were long friends; — you are now my 
enemy and 1 am yours."/ 

46. State who said, and why: "We will hang 
vou at arm's length."? 

47. Give the reply, and who made it. 



lUKSTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY, 



Opening Scenes of the Revolution. 

48. Tell when and where the second Continentul 
Congress met. 

49. Name three important measures taken by it. 

50. State who appointed General Washington 
commander-in-chief, and give his reply. 

51. Name the chairman and secretary of the 
second Continental Congress. 

52. By wdiom w^as Tieonderoga captured on the 
same day of the Continental Congress ? 

53. Who joined him as a pirate ? 

54. Give a description of Seth Warner and ex- 
plain the capture of Crown Point. 

55. Tell how^ many forts were captured by the 
Americans in May and to whom did they surrender? 

56. Give Allen's reply wdien asked by whose 
authority he demanded the surrender of Tieonderoga. 

57. Describe the battle of Bunker Hill. Give 
date and result. 

58. Tell of Breed's Hill. 

59. Tell what battle was preceded by prayer, 
and by whom offered. 

60. Name the British generals. 

61. Name the American generals. 

62. In what battle was the command given, 
" Don't fire until you see the whites of your en- 
emies eyes," and who shouted " Fire!"? 

63. Tell the general lost by the Americans in 
the Battle of Bunker Hill. 

64. State when ^Vashington tooK his position as 
commander-in-chief. 

65. How was Kentucky founded ? 

QG. Who was killed in this war at the siege of 



QUESTIONS ON V. S. HISTORY. 



Quebec ? Whom had he married ? 

(57. State who said, and on what occasion, "Men 
of New York, you will not fear to follow where 
your general leads!" 

G8. Tell wiiat fort was built of palmetto logs. 

69. Give a short sketch of William .Jasper. 

70. Give a description of the Tories 

Events of 1776. 

71. State when the Declaration of Independence 
was declared. 

72. Tell who the president and secretary were at 
this time. 

73. Tell when the committee laid their report be- 
fore Congress, and who composed it. 

74. State when it was adopted and by what vote. 

75. How was this vote announced to the public? 

76. How was this report accepted in New York, 
and what did they do "? 

77. Tell who furnished the bullets at this time; 
from what were they made and how many. 

78. Tell who Richard Henry Lee was, and give his 
quotations. 

79. Tell who wrote the Declaration. 

80. Tell who the drafters of the Declaration were. 

81. Describe the flag that was used before the 
Declaration. 

82. Write a composition of 150 words on the Lib- 
erty liell. 

83. State who said, "I am not worth purchasing, 
but such as 1 am the King of Great Britain is not 
rich enough to buy me." 

84. Give the date of the battle of Long Island. 

85. Tell of Nathan Hale and give his last words. 

86. How was Col. Kail and his Hessians keeping 



iJUKKTIONS ON V. S. HISTORY. 21 

Christmas when he was informed that Washington 
had crossed tlie Delaware V 

87. Explain how Washington crossed the Delaware. 

88. Name the foreign aid. From wliere was eachV 

89. Name three events connected with the life of 
LaFayette. 

Events of 1777-78. 

90. State the British plans for 1777. 

91. Give date of battle of Brandy wine. 

92. Tell when a fog saved our army. 

93. In what battle did the same parties fight 
each other and why ? 

94. On the account of a drunken officer who would 
have surrendered, when and why y 

95. Describe the battle of Bennington. 

96. Name the commander of the Green Mountain 
boys and tell why they were so called. 

97. State when a stone house largely decided a 
battle, and explain why. 

98. Tell what general escaped by riding down a 
precipice. 

99. Give dates of the first and second battles of 
Saratoga. 

100. Tell when, where and to whom Burgoyne 
surrendered. 

101. At what place did Washington quarter his 
troops during the winter of ITTT-'.SV 

102. Give a description of " The VVlnter at Valley 
Forge" in a composition of fifty words. 

103. Tell who were appointed by Congress to solicit 
aid from the French government. 

104. State the nation that made a treaty with our 
government, recognizing us as a government. 

105 At what time was Philadelphia surrendered 
to the British and how long did they hold it ? 



lUKSTIONS OX V. S HISTUKV. 



106. At wbiit place did Congress assemble while 
the British held Philadelphia ".■' 

107. Tell of the Conwj.y Cabal. 

108. Tell who demanded of the parliament that 
the Amei'icans should be declared free at once, and 
was the demand accepted y 

109. Tell of Paul Jones and his victory, with date. 

110. With what general that violated his rules 
was Washington exceedingly mad, and where and 
when y (iSee Headley s Life of VN'ashington.) 

111. Tell the story of Mollie Pitcher. 

112. Give the biography of Andre and Benedict 
Arnold and relate the death of each. 

113. Tell who asked a Ih'itish officer to dine when 
there was not food enough for themselves. Name 
the kind of food and how served. 

114. Name the southern American general, or 
olHcero, of tliis war. 

End of the War. 

115. Tell what governed the colonies during the 
Revolutionary war and when did this ruling cease. 

116. Describe and name the last battle of this war. 

117. Tell of tlie surrender of Burgoyne and Corn- 
wallis. and who surrendered when the tune of 
Yankee Doodle was played V 

118. Relate who Cornwallis sent to give his sword 
and who received it. 

119. State when and where the tinal treaty was 
signed. 

120. Name the American commissioners that 
signed the tinal treaty. 

121. Tell when and where the preliminary treaty 
of peace was signed. 

122. State when and where Washington took 
leave of his officers. Tell who were the first and 
last to bid him good-by. 



QUKSTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 23 

123. Give date, place, cause and result of Shay's 
Eebellion. 

124. Tell what battles of the Revolutionary war 
can be spelled from the letters of the word Liberty. 

General ftuestions for Review. 

125. Explain the remote and immediate causes of 
the Revolutionary war. 

126. Name the battles of the Revolutionary war, 
from the letters of the word Libehty, with date, lo- 
cation and names of commander on each side. 

127. Describe fully the first and last battle of 
this war. 

128. Describe the conditions of Cornwallis' sur- 
render. 

1 29. Name all the rebellions to 1789, giving cause, 
date and result of each. 

130. Name all the treaties in order, giving dates 
and with whom made. 

1 3 1. Tell where and when the following occurred: 
First lawmaking body; first confederation; first civ- 
il body politic; first constitution; First Colonial 
Congress; First Continental Congress; Second Conti- 
nental Congress; Third Continental Congress. 

132. Give date and tell of the following: Mississ- 
ippi Scheme, Articles of Confederation, Constituent 
Con vention, Governmental Convention. 

1 33. Tell who was president of the last three con- 
ventions as above named. 

184. Tell what you can of each of the following: 
York, Lanchester. Philadelphia. Carpenters' Hall, 
North Church, South Church, Breed's Hill, Concord, 
Yalley Forge. Charlotte, Bunker Hill, Height of 
Abraham, Gaspe, Boston Massacre, Huguenots. 
Covenanters, Charter Oak, Elm Tree : 

18.->. Puritans, Patroons, Quakers, Pilgrims, May- 
flower, Starving-time, Thanksgiving. New France, 
Forefather's Rock, Plymouth Rock, Cradle of Liber- 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY, 



ty, Minute men : 

13G, Cat Island, San Salvador, Canary Island, 
Francis Tavern, House of Germantown, Drunken 
Officer, Sweet Potatoes, Dense Fog, Rain, Beacon's 
Light. 

137. Name and give date of seven colleges founded 
in the U. S. and why so named. 

188. Tell of all the acts that were passed and re- 
pealed and give date. 

13i). Connect twenty events of the character, 
birth, parentage and life of Washington and Franklin 

140. Name twenty eminent men and women of the 
Kevolutionary war, with your reason. 

141. Name the Revolutionary statesmen and 
financiers. 

142. Who were appointed to draw up a declaration 
of rights ? Who wrote it ? 

148. State when this right was passed and how 
many signed it. Tell the quotations of some when 
signing. 

144. Tell what the Articles of Confederation were 
and name the defects. 

145. Write about two hundred words about Pat- 
rick Henry, Samuel Adams and Benjamin Franklin. 
Tell the source of your information. 

146. State the officer who lost his life because he 
neglected to open a note. 

147. State all you know of Arnold's treason. 

148. Tell what caused the French to aid the 
Americans in their struggle for Independence. 

149. Tell of Francis Marion, Sam Huston and 
John Champe. 

150. State when the Stars and Stripes were adopt- 
ed as the emblem of our country, and by whom 
designed. 

151. Who was the first American that gave his 
life for freedom ? 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY 



Epoch V. The Union. 

National Development. 

Adoption of the Constitution. 

1. Give date and name the persons who were com- 
missioners at the treaty of Versailles. 

2. Who negotiated the treaty signed at Paris, and 
when ? 

3. Give the area, population and debt of the Uni- 
ted States at this time. 

4. What was the Trade Convention, and who 
advised it ? 

5. What were the Articles of Confederation ? 
Name tlie defects and tell when repealed. 

6. What was the Constituent Convention, when 
and where held and who was chosen president ? 

7. When and what was the Constitutional Con- 
vention ? 

8. State wlio introduced a resolution on tlie 29th 
of May, 1787, to adopt a new constitution. 

9. When was this resolution adopted ? 

10. State when the constitution was submitted to 
the people. 

11. When did the constitution go into force ? 

12. When ratified by all the states ? 

13. State who drafted the constitution. 

14. Who wrote it ? 

15. State who is called the "Father of the Cons." 

16. State who is called the Constitutional Lawyer. 

17. Give cause,'date and result of Shay's Rebellion. 

18. Describe some of the difficulties with which 
the new government contended. 

19. Explain what is meant by Federal and Anti- 
Federal. 

20 Give quotations of Washington and Gladstone 
relating to our constitution. 



26 QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

21. State who wanted the words " We, the People" 
changed in the Preamble. 

22. Relate when the first election was held. 

23. Recite the preamble of the constitution, and 
tell how many pronouns it has. 

24. Recite the oath of the president. 

25. State what is known as the Bill of Rights. 

26. Tell how long the United States had existed as 
a nation when the constitution was adopted. 

27. Define constitution, preamble, amendment. 

28. Describe how the powers of the government 
are divided. 



Powers. La^v Making Poorer. 
Representatives, or Lower House of Congress. 

1. Of what does Congress, or law making power 
consist? Define each and tell where they meet. 

2. Give the qualifications, explain how elected, 
duties, term of office and salary of the U. S. repre- 
sentatives. 

3. If vacancy happens in the representation of 
any state, how is the vacancy filled '? 

4. Tl^ame the officers that are chosen by the House 
of Representatives. 

5. Name the Speaker of the House and salary. 

6. Which state is entitled to the most Represent- 
atives in ("ongress and why "i 

7. How many U. S. Representatives from your 
District ? 

8. Define a Congressional District. 

9. Name the counties that compose your Con- 
gressional District. 

10. Who is the Representative from your I>istrict, 
and how elected ? 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



State Representatives. 

11. What is the difference between a State and 
a U. S. Kepresentative ? 

12. How is the State Representative elected ? 

13. Name your State Representative, giving sal- 
ary, duty and term of office. 

14. Name Speaker of the House of Represent- 
atives. How chosen ? Give salary. 

15. State wliere the State Representatives meet. 

Law Making Power. 
Senate, or Upper House of Congress. 

16. What is the Senate ? 

17. Give qualifications, explain how elected, 
duties and term of office of the U. S. Senators. 

18. What portion of the Senate is elected every 
year ? 

19. Tell what is done when a vacancy occurs. 

20. State who is president of the Senate and 
whether he can vote. 

21. Who is president in the absence of the Vice 
President ? 

22. State what sole power belongs to the Senate. 

23. What officers are chosen by the Senate? 

24. If disputes arise in election returns how are 
they to be decided ? 

25. Tell when Congress assembles. 

26. Can it assemble any other time ? 

27. Tell three ways in which a bill may become 
a law. 

28. Relate some of the duties of Congress. 



28 QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORS'. 

29. Name the U. S. Senators from your state. 
BO. Which state is entitled to the most U. S. 
Representatives and Senators ? Why ? 

State Senators. 

IG. TeJl the difference between a U. S. Senator 
and a State Senator. 

17. Tell who is eligible for State Senator, give 
term of office, duty, salary and liow elected. 

18. Describe how vacancies are filled in the 
State Senate. 

19. Name the State Senator from your District. 

20. How many State Senators have we ? 

21. Tell who is president of the State Senate. 

Executive Power of the United States. 

1. State in whom the executive power is vested. 

2. Tell who are eligible to this office. 

3. Tell what electors are. 

4. Explain how the President is elected. 
o. Define the duties of the President. 

6. Give salary and term of office of the President 
and Vice President. 

7. Tell who is commander-in-chief of the army 
and navy. 

8. State how the President may be punished for 
crime. 

9. If President, Vice President and president 
pro tempore of the Senate, should die, who would 
be president ? 

10. Tell how the members of the President's 
Cabinet are placed in office. 

11. Name three ways in which a person may be- 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



come President of the United States. 

12. When is the President inaugurated ? 

Executive Power of the State. 

13. What is a State ? A Law ? 

14. Tell what the chief officer of the state is 
called. 

15. Give term of office and salary. 

16. Name some of his duties. 

17. Name the Lieutenant Governor of your state. 

18. Give term of office, salary and tell some of 
his duties. 

19. Name some of the Department offices of the 
state. 

20. Who is your school commissioner ? 

21. Give term, salary and duties of same. 

Judicial Power. 

1. In what is the judicial power of the United 
States vested ? 

2. State how long the judges hold office. Give 
their salary. 

3. Of how many judges does the Supreme Court 
consist ? 

4. Tell when this court meets. 

5. Enumerate the judges' duties. 

State Judiciary. 

6. How many classes of courts are there ? 



7. 



Name and define each. 



QUESTIONS ON r. S. HISTORY, 



ADMINISTRATIONS. 

George Washington. John Adams. 

1789 1797. 

1. Wlien and wliere was W'asliington inaugura- 
ted president of the United States ? 

2. Tell who administered tlie oath of office. 
8. Tell why not on ISIarch Ath. 

4. Of whom was the first cabinet composed ? 

5. Give events of Washington's administration. 

6. Describe how the credit of tlie U. S. was put 
upon a firm basis. 

7. Tell the first step taken to provide a revenue. 

8. Give the amount of public debt at this time. 

9. State who said, '* He smote the rock and the 
fountain of resources burst forth." 

10. Tell when and by wliom the Bank of tlie U. 
S. was established. 

11. Toll about the Whiskey Rebellion. 

12. By whom was it put down ? 

153. State who was known as Light Horse Harrj". 

14. During this administration what trouble 
arose with England ? 

15. Explain liow the trouble was settled. 
](). Give date of Jay's treaty. 

17. Tell about the popular feeling toward France. 

18. State when the Northwest Territory was 
organized. 

19. Name the states that composed it. 

20. Name the six provisions of the compact. 

21. Describe the Ohio Company. 

22. State when the city of Washington became 
the capital of the V. S. and why it was so named. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



23. Relate the difficulties that arose with the 
Indians and tell how they were settled. 

24. Name the first settlement made by the Ohio 
Company and wlien. 

2*5. Name some important persons that com- 
posed this company. 

26. Name the first territorial governor and the 
first state governor of Ohio. 

27. Name first college west of the Alleghanies. 

28. Tell who Abraham Whipple was. 

29. Say what you can of " Citizen (xenet." 

'SO. Describe the great invention that was made 
in 1798. Tell of the inventor and the result. 

31. Relate what you can of Fisher Ames. 

32. For what purpose and when was the treaty 
of Spain ? 

83. Tell of the treaty of Algiers. 

84:. Name the states that were admitted under 
Washington 's administration. 

85. Tell who recommended, in a speech, the es- 
ta])lishnient of a military academy, a national 
university, an agricultural institution and an in- 
crease of the nav}'. 

3(3. Write a composition of one hundred words 
on the life of George Washington. 

87. \Vas George Washington ever accused of 
dishonesty ^ 

John Adams. Thomas Jefferson. 1797-1801. 

1. Who was our next president and how was the 
vice president elected V 

2, Who died during this administration ? 
8. Tell who delivered the fuuej'al oration. 
•1. At what place was he buried ? 



32 i,>UESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

5. Define the Electoral College. 

6. Explain fully the Alien and Sedition Laws. 

7. Tell whether the above laws were enforced. 

8. Explain the difficulties with France during 
this administration. 

9. State when congress assembled in Washing- 
ton City. 

10. Describe the X. Y. Z. papers. 

11. Tell of the mission of Pickney, Marshall and 
Gerry. 

12. Give Pickney's quotation. 

I'i. Name at least six events connected with the 
life of John Adams. 

U. Tell of John Fries. 

15. When was Fries' Rebellion ? 

16. Describe the Quasi war. 

17. Tell the story of Abigail Adams. 

18. Tell what rendered John Adams' adminis- 
tration unpopular. 

19. Name the political candidates of 1800. 

Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr and George 
Clinton. 1801—9. 

1. Tell how Tlionias .Jefferson was elected 
president. 

2. Stare where lie was inaugurated. 

8. Tell the most important event of Jefferson's 
adniinistration. 

4. Tell the story of Jefferson. 

T). Who were Albert Gallatin and Alexander 
Hamilton ? 

('). Tell about Jefferson's Indian policy. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY, 33 

7. State who said " This is the noblest work of 
our lives." 

8. Who were the U. S. agents in the purchase 
of Louisiana territory, and what was paid for it? 

9. Describe Lewis & Clarkes' expedition, 

10. Give the cause of the war witli Tripoli. 

11. What daring exploit was accomplished by 
Lieutenant Decatur ? 

12. Relate the death of Alexander Hamilton. 
18. State what Aaron Burr undertook to do after 

the duel, and where was the duel fought? 

14. Who was Blennerhasset ? 

15. Tell about James Wilkinson. 

16. Give the 12th Amendment and date. 

17. Relate when Burr was tried for treason. 

18. When was Oliio admitted as a state ? 

19. Explain the Embargo, or "0-grab-me," Act, 
and give date of its passage. 

20. Who were Fulton, Fitch and Watt ? 

21. Tell when the first state was admitted from 
the Northwest Territory. 

22. Name six events connected with the life of 
Thomas Jefferson. 

28. How and where was Alexander Hamilton's 
son killed ? 

21. State who was called the Sage of Monticello. 

25. Relate three events connected with the life 
of the fourth president. 

26. What motto did the U. S. adopt when Great 
Britain imposed insults J" 



James Madison, Clinton and Gerry. 
1809—17. 

1. What party elected James Madison ? 

2. What Indian disturbance occurred in 1811. 
8. Relate the difficulties with England. 

4. Tell when the war of 1812 was declared by 
President Madison and what were the causes. 
5- Who was the hero of Tippecanoe ? 

6. The most shameful act in the records of war 
was made by whom, when and where ? 

7. What were the Henry letters? 

8. How much did Madison pay for them ':* 

9. Describe the Alien and Sedition Laws. 

10. Relate why Gen. Hull was not shot. 

11. To whom did Hull surrender? 

12. How long did the war of 1812 last ? 

18. Tell how the American army was divided in 
1818. 

14. Who was (ieneral Proctor ? 

15. Who said, "We have met the enemy and 
they are ours"? 

16. Who said " Doti't <j^lve up the ship," and 
on what occasion ? 

17. NVho was .lackson and describe his campaign. 
IS. Tell who caused the burning of Washington. 
P.). When was the treaty of CJhent and who were 

our commissioners ? 

2(). Name the battle fought after the treaty. 

21. Tv\] who was its hero and give date. 

22. Whose war cry was "Remember the Raisin." 
28. Name the states admitted under Madison's 

administration. 



QUESTIONS ON U, S. HISTORY. 35 



24. How did Col. Cass show his contempt for 
Hall's disgraceful surrender ? 

25. Under what circumstances was the " Star 
Spangled Banner" written V 

26. By whom and on what was it written ? 

27. Where is the first and second monument 
erected to his memory ? 

28. Who was thought to have shot Tecumseh ? 

29. State the battle fought on Sunday in 1814. 

80. Tell what and when tlie Hartford Convention 
was, and who was the president. 

81. Give result of the treaty of Ghent. 

82. Who said, "I'll try, sir,''? 

88. What president wrote his own epitaph? 

James Monroe— D. D. Tompkins. 1817-'25. 

1. Of what party was James Monroe ? 

2. Who was the Federalist candidate? 

3. Name the administration known as the "era 
of good feeling." 

I. Tell some events connected with the life of 
James Monroe. 

5. Give Jefferson's quotations of Monroe. 

6. What was the Missouri Compromise ? 

7. Who introduced the ^Missouri Compromise ? 

8. State who sustained this bill. 

9. Who were called the " Dough faces"? 

10. Name the states admitted to the Union un- 
der Monroe's administration. 

II. Relate some events connected with the life 
of Henry Clay and what was he called ? 

12. State when the first ocean steamer crossed 
the Atlantic. 



36 QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

18. Relate how and when the U. S. obtained 
Florida. 

14. When did LaFayette visit this country ? 

15. Name four events connected with his life. 
IB. Recite the Monrce Doctrine. 

17. Who was its author ? 

18. State who laid the corner-stone of Bunker 
Hill monument. 

19. Who gave the address at the dedication of 
this monument ? 

20. State who recommended to Congress the re- 
moval of all Indians. 

21. Give cause of first Seminole war. 

22. State when the Stars and Stripes were 
changed to thirteen stripes and a star for each state. 

23. Were Washington and Jefferson slave holders? 

John Q. Adams. John C. Calhoun. 1825—29. 

1. How was John Q. Adams elected ? 

2. State the nickname given to the campaign of 
1824. 

8. Name the two important policies of this ad- 
ministration. 

4. State with whom Clay had a duel. 

f). What two presidents died on the same day, 
and when ? 

6. Tell what was known as Clinton's big ditch. 

7. Give the causes of Adams' unpopularity. 

8. Relate when the first locomotive trip was made, 

9. Tell when the first railroad was laid. 

10. When was the National Road begun ? 

11. Describe the Tramway R. R. 

12. Give two nicknames of J. Q. Adams. 



QUKSTIOKS ON V. S. HISTORY. 3? 



18. Relate where J. Q. Adams died and when. 

14. Name the president opposed to secret so- 
cieties. 

15. What member of Congress was never hite. 

Andrew Jackson, Calhoun and Van Buren. 
1829— '37. 

1. Rehite five events of the Hero of New Orleans. 

2. Name the first act of Andrew Jackson. 
8. Give the issue of this campaign. 

4. Describe the Nullification Ordinance. 

5. State why Calhoun resigned his office as Vice 
President. 

(i. What was known as the " Battle of Giants"? 

7. Describe this debate. 

8. Relate who said "Liberty and Union now 
and forever." 

9. Name the Indian trouble that occurred dur- 
ing this administration. 

10. State who Osceola was. 

11. State who completed the work of the Indians 
that Jackson begun. 

12. Tell when the Seminole wars were. 
18. Explain the Specie Circular. 

11. Describe' the Wildcat Banks. 

15. Tell when the U. S. had a full treasury and 
why. 

16. State who Wm. Lloyd Garrison was. 

17. Tell when and what A\el)ster's reply to 
Calhoun was. 

18. Relate the trouble with France. 

19. Name the states admitted under this admin- 
istration. 



38 Questions ON U. S. History. 

20. Relate the life of Jackson. 

21. Did he ever fight a duel ? 

22. Tell who spoke these words and why : "Here 
I hunted when a boy. Here my father lies buried. 
Here I want to die.'' 

28. Tell where he died. 

Martin Van Buren. Richard M. Thomas. 
1837— '41. 

1. On what issue was Martin Van Buren elected? 

2. Tell what caused the financial crisis of this 
administration. 

3. State what caused the Patriod war. 

4. Tell what occurred during this war. 

5. Describe the Gag Rules. 

(). What steamer drifted over the Niagara Falls. 

Wm. Henry Harrison. John Tyler. 1841.'45. 

1. Give nicknames of this campaign. 

2. How long did he remain in office ? [Whigs. 
8. Describe the quarrel between Tyler and the 

4. Tell why Webster did not resign his cabinet. 

5. State what was the Webster and Ashburton 
Treaty and when it occurred. 

C). Give cause of Dorr's Rebellion. 

7. Tell who founded the first Mormon sect and 
where, and who was the second leader. 

8. Tell when Texas was admitted into the Union. 

9. Describe the Sub Treasury Act. 

10. Tell why the ineasure of annexing Texas met 
with such a warm discussion. 



QuKSTiONs ON U. S.. History. 



11. Locate the first telegraph and what was the 
first message sent, and where ? 

12, Tell about the Huskers and Barn Burners. 
18. State what president was a road supervisor 

after he was president. 

IJr. Tell who the Latter Day Saints were. 

15. Give the popular expression used by the op- 
posers of the annexation of Texas. 

16. Tell the story of Dr. Morton's discovery. 

James K. Polk. Geo. M. Dallas. 1845-49. 

1. Name the eleventh president. 

2. Tell of Dr. Whiteman's journey to Washington. 

3. Give the party cry of the election of 1841. 

4. Give causes which led to the war with Mexico. 

5. Name the commander of the American army. 

6. Give the three American plans in this war. 

7. Describe the main events of this war. 

8. Tell when war was declared. 

9. Tell who w^as at the head of the Mexican forces. 

10. Relate when the American flag floated over 
the home of the Montezumas. 

11. State who was called the Pathfinder. 

12. Tell who was called Young Hickory. 

13. Tell who was called Old Hickory. 

14. Relate what and when the treaty of Gaud- 
aloupe Hidalgo was. 

15. Tell when gold was discovered and by whom, 
and where did he die ? 

16. Describe the Wilmot Proviso. 

1 7. State what made Z. Taylor a successful can- 
didate of 1848. 



Questions on U. S. History, 



18. Tell who constructed the first locomotive. 

Z. Taylor. Millard Fillmore. 1849-53. 

1. Give the meaning of the word Omnibus. 

2. Tell the provisions this bill had and name its 
author. 

8. State who said " I die hard, but I am not 
afraid to die." 

4. Name two great statesmen that died in 1852. 

5. Give the dying words of Clay. 

6. Tell when Calhoun died. 

7. Define the Gadsden Purchase. 

8. How long was President Taylor in office ? 

9. State when Polk died. 

10. Tell when the twelfth president was inaug- 
urated and why. 

11. Zaehary Taylor's daughter married whom ? 

12. Describe the Fugitive Slave Law and Personal 
Liberty Law. 

13. Tell who said. " I have tried to do my duty 
and I am not afraid to die." 

14. Tell who Harriet Beecher Stowe was. 

15. Describe the Underground Railroad. 

16. State what Taylor said when asked his politics. 

Franklin Pierce. Wm. King. 1853-57. 

1. Tell who was the Lucky President. 

2. State who was called the Little Giant. 

3. Tell of the Crystal Palace of New York. 

4. Tell of the treaty with .Japan. 

5. Define the Ostend Manifesto. 

6. Define Squatter Sovereignity. 

7. Pecite the Kansas and Nebraska Pill. 



Questions on U. S. History. 



8. Name its author. 

9. What bill repealed the Missouri Compromise. 

10. Tell who the Filibusters were. 

11. Tell who invented the harvester, sewing ma- 
chine, revolving printing: press, telegraph, and when. 

12. Tell where Wm. King took his oath of office. 

James Buchanan. John C. Breckinridge. 
1857-61. 

1. Give the nickname of this president. 

2. Of what party was Buchanan ? 

3. Tell about the Dred Scott case and the decision. 

4. What judge decided this case ? 

5. Tell of the Lincoln and Douglas debate. 

6. Describe John Brown's raid. 

7 State what caused the panic of 1857. 

8. Tell when, where and by whom the Atlantic 
cable was laid. 

9. Which state first passed the ordinance of se- 
cession ? 

10. Give an account of the Star of the West. 

11. Name in order the states that seceded from 
the Union. 

12. Name the president and vice president of 
the Confederate States of America,and when elected. 

13. Tell when Abraham Lincoln was elected and 
on what issue. 

14. Name the first proposer of secession in the V. 
S. congress. 



Questions ox U. S. History. 



CIVIL WAR. 

Abraham Lincoln. H.Hamlin. A.Johnson. 
1861—69. 

1. Give six events connected with the life of Pres- 
ident Lincohi. 

2. Tell when he was born. 

:^. Give a brief history of slavery up to this date. 

4. Describe the; condition of the treasury of the 
U. S. at the breaking out of this war. 

5. Define Secession. 

6. Tell which was president first, Lincoln or Jeff 
Davis. 

7. Was the election of Abraham Lincoln the cause 
of the Civil war ? 

8. Give some of Lincoln's nicknames. 

9 Name the event that signalized the commence- 
ment of the war. 
10. Give the result of this bombardment. 
IL State wliat Lincoln did in regard to troops. 

12. Describe the preparations made by the South- 
ern Confederacy during I3uchanan's administration. 

13. Tell who ordered the first firing of the war. 

14. State what is said of Major Anderson and to 
Avhom did he surrender 'r 

.15. Tell when and where the first conflict was. 

16. Name the commander of the Confederate forces. 

17. Name our commander-in-chief. 

18. State who Lincoln placed at the head of the 
Federal forces. 

19. Give an account' of the organization of West 
Virginia. 

20. Ilowdid Col.ElmerE. Ellsworth meet his death? 

21. State who said, " A government of the people, 
for the people and by the people". 

22. In what battle was Lincoln captain and Jeff 
Davis lieutenant y 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. zi3 

23. Name a j^eiieral that read his Bible and prayed 
before going into battle. 

24. Tell who said, "Trust in Providence and do 
your best. ' ' 

25. State where the Confederate flag was displayed 
first. 

26. Describe fully the battle of Bull Run. 

27. At this time who threatened war against the 
United States ? 

28. Tell who was called the Paul Jones of the 
Civil war, and why. 

29. Name the three objects of the Union generals 
in 1862. 

30. Give date and name of generals of the follow- 
ing: Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, Siege of 
Chattanooga. 

31. Tell who were called Rock of Chickamauga, 
Little Phil, Old Pap, Black Jack and Silver Spoon. 

32. State who captured Island No. Ten. Locate it. 

33. When did Gen. Grant become Lieutenant. 

34. Name three great lieutenants in our history. 

35. Describe the battle of the Monitor and Merri- 
mac. 

36. Give the nickname of the Monitor, and who 
was the inventor ? 

37. Tell where Andersonville Prison was and who 
was its keeper. Tell what became of him. 

38. Relate what and where Libby Prison was, and 
where it is now. 

39. Tell who C. L. Yallandingham was. 

40. Name the first battle between Grant and Lee. 

41. Trace the Army of the Potomac, naming the 
battles and the leading generals. 

42. Relate what you can of Kirby Smith and 
Morgan. 

43. Tell when the Emancipation Proclamation 
was passed, what was it, when did it go into effect, 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



and did it free the slaves'? 
44. Trace Sherman's march to the sea. 
4.7. Tell of Sheridan and his fannms ride. 
4H. Describe the Alabama Troubles. 

47. Relate where, when and to whom Lee sur- 
rendered. 

48. State who was the last to surrender and to 
whom 

4t). Name the reward offered for the capture of 
Jeff Davis and who received it. 

50. How was he disguised and where was he im- 
prisoned ? 

51. II ow was he released ? Name one of tlie 
bondsmen. 

52. Give birth, early life, parentage, statesman- 
ship and death of A. Lincoln. 

5,3. What play was Lincoln witnessing when he 
was assassinated? 

54. Tell who was stabbed at the same time. 

55. Who shot Booth and where ? Give his leaping 
quotation. 

56. Describe ten decisive battles of the Civil war, 
and locate eacli batt le. 

57. At the death of Abe Lincohi who became 
president i 

58. (iive birth, early lileand parentage of Andrew 
Johnson. 

5i). What became of Ford's Theater and give its 
history. 

(50. What position did Robert E. Lee till after the 
war "r" 

HL How mucli did the war cost';' 
«2. Who was called the "Feather of Greenbacks'"? 
HI}. What are Greenbacks? 

H4. What can you say of the Confederate money 
after the war? 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



Epoch VI. THE UNION RESTORED. 

Andrew Johnson. 1865-69. 

1. What two important subjects agitated the 
people at the commencement of Joiinson's admin- 
istration? 

2. Tell when the 13th Amendment was proposed 
and when adopted. 

H. What was the first Act passed over the Presi- 
dent's head? 

4. Tell why President Johnson was impeached. 

5. Was he convicted ? 

(). State who has the power of impeachment, 
and who tries them. 

7. What bills were passed over President John- 
son's veto, and what was each ? 

8- Name the inventor of the snbmarine telegraph. 

9. Tell when the Atlantic cable was successfiillj^ 
laid. 

10. What was the treaty of China? 

11. Give an account of the Burlingame Embassy. 

12. How, when and why was Alaska purchased 
by the U. S.? For how much ? 

1J5. Tell of Maximillian. 

14. Give an account of the 14th Amendment, 
and tell when it was passed. 

15. Name the six states that were re-admitted 
to the Union in 1868. 

Grant, Colfax and Wilson. 1869-77. 

1. Who was president during the 18th adminis- 
tration and who was the 18th president ? 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY, 



2. How many terms was Grant president ? 

8. During Grant's political campaign what 
states were not allowed to vote ? Tell when they 
were re-admitted. 

4. Tell of the completion of the Pacific Rail- 
road and give the date. 

5. Name Grant's Vice Presidents. 

6. Give an account of the Knights of Labor and 
tell when organized. 

7. Describe the ITith Amendment. Tell when 
the states accepted it. 

8. State when the Chicago and Boston fires oc- 
curred. 

9. Describe the Tweed Ring and the Ku Klux 
Klans. 

10. Tell what the Alabama claims were. 

11. Give the date of the treaty of Washington. 

12. State what and when the Joint High Com- 
mission and tlie Electoral Commission were. 

18. Give date of the Modoc war. 

14. Tell who the Carpet-Baggers, or Scalawags, 
were, and by whom named. 

15. Give birth, life and parentage of Horace 
Greely. 

IG. Give the cause of the business panic of 1873. 

17. Tell of the Centennial Exposition at Phila- 
delphia. 

18. Describe the Salary Act and tell when passed. 

19. Give the salary of the vice president. 

20. Tell of the Woman's Crusade. 

21. Describe the Indian troubles and Gen. Cus- 
ter's last tight. 

22. Name the boundary dispute settled by Will- 
iam I. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORV. 47 

23. State what the Specie Redemption Act was. 

24. Describe Jefferson's and Grant's Indian pol- 
icies. 

25. Tell who was Dom Pedro II. 

26. Tell of Grant's San Domingo scheme. 

R. B. Hayes and W. A. Wheeler. 1877-8J. 

1. How was the next president elected ? 

2. When and where was he inaugurated ? 

3. What was the first important act of Hayes' 
administration ? 

4. What is known as the BUmd and Allison bill? 

5. Tell when and where the first railroad was. 

6. Tell all you can of the firsc railroad strike. 

7. Give a description of the Grangers. 

8. Name the bill passed by Congress in 1878. 

9. Tell who invented the teleplione and when 
did it come into general use ? 

10. Tell of Eads' improvement of the navigation 
of the Mississippi, 

11. What was the treaty with China and when 
was it made? 

12. What epidemic broke out in New Orleans in 
the summer of '78? 

James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur. 
1881--5. 

1. Tell of the birth, life and death of the 
"Teacher President." 

2. Compare his life with Lincoln's. 

3. Who were nominated for the presidency in 
the fall of 1880 ? 



48 (Questions on- U. S. History. 



4. Name the successful party. 

5. Relate the first important act of Garfield's 
administration. 

0. Tell when, where and by whom James A. 
Garfield was assassinated. 

7. Where was tlie wounded president taken ? 

8. Of what college was Garfield a janitor and a 
president ? 

9. On what canal was Garfield a tow-path boy ? 

10. State when and where Chester A. Arthur 
tool^ the oath of office. 

11. What cliangcs did Arthur and Tyler make 
in their predecessor's Cabinet I 

12. State when Edmunds's bill was passed. 

18. When did the electric lights come into gen- 
eral use and by whom invented ? 

14. Define tlie Civil Service Reform Commission. 

15. Tell when letter postage was reduced from 
three to two cents. 

Grover Cleveland. T. A. Henrdicks. 1885-9. 

1. Name the nominees for the presidency in the 
fall of 1884. 

2. Which was successful ? 

8. Name the founder of the G. A. R. 

4. Give date of the Anarchist Riot at Chicago. 

5. On what island is the statue of Liberty and 
by whom presented ? 

6. Name four laws that were passed under 
Cleveland's first administration. 

7. Give the date of the Charleston earthquake. 



Questions on U. S. History. 49 

Benj. Harrison. L. P. Morton. 1889—93. 

1. (xive a brief account of Harrison and his 
grandfather's lives. 

2. Why was there a centennial at Washington 
on April 29th, 1889 ? 

8. About what time was the use of electricity 
for driving light machinery and propelling street- 
cars begun ? 

4. Describe the Australian ballot. 

5. What was the Pan-American Congress ? 

6. Give the census of 1890. Define census. 

7. State the difficulties with Spain in 1891. 

8. Tell of the Columbus celebration. 

9. When was McKinley's Protective Tariff passed? 

10. Tell of the Farmers' Alliance. 

Grover Cleveland. A. Stevenson. 1893-7. 

1. What can you say of the re-election of (xrover 
Cleveland ? 

2. State the cause of the great panic of 1893. 
8. Tell something of the Sherman Act. 

4. Give an account of the silver movement in 
the west. 

5. Describe the Industrial Army. 

6. Who is President Dole ? 

7. Give date of the Venezuelan boundary dis- 
pute, and tell how it was settled. 

8. State cause of the bond issue of '94-5. 

9. What was the issue of 189G? 



5© (,)UKSTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



Will. McKinley . G. A. Hobart. 1897-1901. 

1. Name the presidential nominees of 1896. 

2. Name the successful party. 

8. Name the presidents that were elected from 
Ohio. 

4:. Give the members of McKinley's Cabinet. 

5. Name the youngest president and the young- 
est candidate for the presidency. 

6. Name the " Ohio Jewels". 

7. Tell the opening event of this administration. 

8. Who was the prominent advocate of recogni- 
tion of Cuban belligerency ? 

9. Tell who drew up the resolution to recognize 
Cuban belligerency. 

10. Tell the sad story of the Maine. 

11. Tell of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, and what relation 
is he to Gen. Robert E. Lee ? 

12. When did the U. S. declare war against 
Spain ? 

13. Give causes of the American-Spanish war. 

14. Tell of the firing on Mantanzas and give 
result. 

15. Who lired the tirst gun of this war ? 

16. Locate thc> second engagement. 

17. Give an outline of the Spanish-American 
conflict. 

18. Name the Cuban generals. 

19. Name the two Spaniards who were success- 
ive governors-general of Cuba during this war. 

20. How long did the war last ? 

21. Name five prominent American officers and 
two Spar.'ish. 

22. Say what you can of the terms of peace. 



CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE OF 
CUBAN-SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. 

February 24, *95, Cuban Kevolution with Spain 

began under JNIarti. 
May 19, *95, Marti killed in battle. 
December 7, '96, Maceo assassinated. 
November '97, Blanco succeeded Weyler. 

1898. 

January 25. Elaine arrived in Havana Harbor 

with 855 sailors. 
February 15. Maine was blown up Tuesday 9 :40 
P. M., lost 255 sailors. Her commander was 
Capt. Sigsbee. The total expense of the ship 
equipped ready for action was probably not far 
from Jj?5. 000,000. 
March 8-9. Fifty million dollar bill for naval de- 
fense passed both Houses. 
' ' 14. Spanish fleet at Cadiz. 
' ' 17. Flying Squadron organized. 
' ' 18. Senator Proctor tells of Cuban horrors. 
' ' 25. Maine inquiry reported on Friday. 
This inquiry was appointed February 21. 

April 7. Powers appeal to President. 

" 10. Consul Gen. Lee and all our consuls 

leave Cuba. 
" 19. Cuban independence recognized by 

Congress. War Resolution passed. 



52 QUESTIONS ON U, S. HISTORY. 

April 20. Ultimatum sent to Spain. Woodford 
dismissed. Bernabe goes. 

" 21. War declared to have existed by Con- 
gress. 

•' 22. N. Atlantic Squadron began blockade. 

" 23. Saturday. President McKinley calls for 
125,000 volunteers. 

*' 25. Monday. Declaration of war by Congress. 
Assistant Secretary Day succeeds John Sher- 
man as Secretary of State. 

" 27. Admiral Sampson shelled the batteries 
of Matanzas, Cuba. Col. Boone, a boy of Day- 
ton, Ohio, was the first to fire a gun of this war. 
May 1. Commodore Dewey destroys the Spanish 
fleet in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands. Tliis 
victory occurred early Sunday morning. His 
fleet included the flagship Olympia, Boston, 
Baltimore, Raleigh, Petrel, and tlie revenue 
cutter McCulloch. The report of this victory 
arrived in Washington, May 7, and caused 
great popular rejoicing all over the U. S., of 
which the "Nation's Hero" was made acting 
Rear Admiral, and on May 9, Congress gives 
the "Hero of Manila" a vote of thanks. On 
May 11, Gen. Merritt was selected as military 
governor of the Philippines, where he arrived 
July 25. 
*' 11. Spanish batteries at Cardenas, Cuba, 

shelled. Ensign Bagley and four men killed. 
" 12. (a) San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico, 
bombarded by Admiral Sampson's battle sliips. 



Questions on U. S. History. 53 

The first land fight in Cuba which occurred in 
Plnar del Rio Province. Americans landed and 
killed twelve Spaniards. (?>)Arrival of Spanish 
fleet. (^OFlying Squadron sailed. 
May 25. President McKinley's second call for 
troops, 75,000.-25,000 reenforcement for Dewey. 
" 81. Forts at entrance of Santiago de Cuba 
bombarded. 

June 1. Commodore Schley bombarded Santiago, 
which he blockaded May 24. Bombardment be- 
gan May 31. 

" 8. Lieutenant Hobson and others — viz. : Os- 
born Deignan, George F. Phillips, John Kelly, 
George Cliarette, Daniel Montague, J. C. Mur- 
phy, Randolph Clausen — sank the Merrimac 
across the entrance to the harbor of Santiago, 
4 o'clock Friday morning. 

" 7. President signs resolution annexing Hawaii. 

" 10. Friday. Richard Silvey, New York, was 
the first man who planted the Stars and Stripes 
on Cuba when they landed at Guantanamo, 
after fighting for several days. 

" 11. Spanish fort captured near Guantanamo, 
where the U. S. marines landed and were at- 
tacked. Several Americans killed. 

" 20. Gen. Shafter's army arrived off the coast 
of Santiago ; set sail June 14. 

" 24-25. Friday, June 24, battle at LaQuasina, 
by Roosevelt's Rough Riders. They marched 
through the dense thicket and the thickest 



54 QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

Kind of bramble and imderbrush, where they 
came to an open space on the right hand side, 
while high grass and a barbed wire 'fence ran 
along the left side. It was here about 8 o'clock 
in the morning that the Spanish opened fire, 
killing 22 and wounding 70 or 80. Among 
those who were killed was Captain Capron, 
whose dying words were, " Don't mind me, 
boys. Go on and fight." Saturday, June 25, 
our soldiers capture a locomotive at Demajay- 
abo which was left by the Spanish railroad 
men with parts of the engine hidden, or thrown 
away. But the missing parts were soon sup- 
plied by our soldiers and soon puffed away 
with the cars filled with Yankee soldiers, in 
the direction of Lo Cana. 

" 30, Battle of Caney, a town five miles north- 
east of Santiago de Cuba. After very hard 
fighting the Spaniards were driven back from 
their trenches toward Santiago. 
July 1. The big battle fought about Santiago, 
lasting all day Friday. 281 killed and 13(54 
wounded and missing. Our troops took San 
Juan. Second day, the Spanish repulsed in 
attempting to recover San Juan. 

" 3. Cervera's fleet of six vessels was utterly de- 
stroyed by Sampson's fleet under Schley's 
direct command. Americans lost 1. Ladrone 
Islands taken. Dewey transport ships enroute. 

"6 Hawaii annexed to the U. S. Minister 
Sewall presented to President Dole, at Hono- 



Questions on U. S. History. 55 

lulu, the official copy of the act of annexation, 
and on August 12 our flag was raised. 

July 14. Thursday, 4 P. M., Gen. Toral surrendered 
the cities of Santiago, Guantanamo, Baracoa, 
and Saquade Tanamo, 6000 sq. mi. of territory 
and 24000 men, with a large number of Spanish 
arms. This unconditional surrender was de- 
manded by Gen. Shafter July 4. 

" 17. American flag mised with ceremony over 
Santiago. 

" 18. Ten Spanish gunboats and armed mer- 
chantmen sunk at Manzanello by the U. S. 
Mosquito fleet of seven small vessels, without 
loss to the Americans. 

" 26. Gen. Miles landed in Porto Rico. 

" 27. Spain sued for peace. 

" 28. Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrendered to Gen. 
Miles. 

" 31. Fighting near Manila. 

Aug. 4. Shafter's army ordered home. Severe en- 
gagement at Manila. 

" 12. A protocal was signed by Ambassador M. 
Cambon and Secretary Day at Washington. 
The president issued a proclamation ordering 
the cessation of hostilities. 

" 18. Manila captured. 



56 Questions on U. S. History. 

GENERAL REVIEW ftUESTIONS. 

1. Describe the three forms of government that 
existed among the colonies previous to the Revolu- 
tion. Name the colonies under each form. 

2. Explain the ''Gag Laws" of Jackson's adminis- 
tration. 

3. What was the Kitchen Cabinet? 

4. What important international questions were 
considered in the treaty of Washington y How were 
they disposed ofV 

5. How long did each of the five wars last y 

6. Tell who Wm. Pitt was and describe how he is 
related to American history. 

7. Tell all you know of the Geneva Arbitration. 

8. Locate the following battles, give date and re- 
sult of each : Monmouth. Fort Donelson, Monterey, 
Shiloh, Gettysburg, and Lcokout Mt. 

9. T^ame the president during the -'era of good 
feeling." 

10. Name the armies iiito which the American 
forces were divided at the beginning of the war of 
1812, and tell who commanded each division :" 

11. Name the nations that made settlements in 
America, and tell when and where. 

12. Make a list of explorers and discoverers under 
each nation, with date and wliat explored. 

13. State when the Hartford Convention was 
called, tell its purpose and give the effect. 

14. Describe the "Underground Railway". 

15. Tell about the Specie Circular. Give cause of 
the panic of 1837. 

16. Compare the early settlers of Mass. and Va. 

17. What great questions are being discussed by 
American people at present ? 

18. Name some American orators, statesmen, po- 
ets, novelists and inventors. 



yUKSriONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



19. From what sources were the following ob- 
tciined and when and how: Louisiana, Florida, 
Gadsden Purchase, Alaska, District of Columbia and 
Oklahoma ? 

20. Name the hero of the following battles: New 
Orleans, Lake Erie. Buena Vista and Chickamauga. 
Give date and locate each. 

21. Define the Alien and Sedition Laws. 

22. Name an important battle in each of the live 
wars recorded in our history. 

23. Give a list of at least live historical poems 
written by American authors. 

24. Name the states which formed the South dur- 
ing the Confederacy. 

25. Describe the plot known as the Conway Cabal. 

26. Who was Marco Polo ? How did his work ef- 
fect our history ? 

27. Why do we study History ? 

28. Tell what impelled the colonists to political 
union. 

20. Under whose administration were the slaves 
freed y 

30. Give origin and use of paper money, 

31. How did Hudson and LaSalle become connect- 
ed with our history ? 

32. Name three ways in which a man may become 
president. 

33. How did we acquire the territory on which 
Chicago, Denver and Seattle now stand ? 

34. Tell what Act practically repealed the Mis- 
souri Compromise. 

35. Give in full and correctly any clause in the U. 
S. Constitution. 

36. 37. Quote ten lines of the Declaration of In- 
dei.endence. 

38, 39. Name the president with salary and term. 
Name our chief justice and his associates. Give the 
salary of the vice president. 



58 QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

40. 41. Define the following : Lagoon, Patroons, 
Pilgrims, Jesuits, Quakers, Tories, Locofocus, Nolly 
Heads, Know Nothings, Unionists, Filibusters. .. ; 

42. 43. Tell the date and action of the first and 
second Continental Congress. 

44. Who was Lord North, and what did America 
gain through his misconduct ? 

45. Quote Washington's farewell words to his men. 

46. Give incident which gave Cincinnati its name. 

47. Name and give date of the principal battles of 
the Revolutionary war. 

48. Describe the contest between the Bon Homme 
Richard and the Serapis. 

49. 50. Name the American and British generals 
of the Revolutionary war. 

51. How long did the British hold Philadelphia ? 
Where did Congress meet during the Revolutionary 
war y 

52 53. Who said, "Don't let us tight without a 
flag"? 

54. 55. During what war were the following bat- 
tles fought, giving date and name of commanders: 
Quebec, Lundy's Lane, Antietam, Island No. 10. 

50. W^ho was Baron Stueben ? Give an account of 
the valuable service he rendered to this country. 

57. Name the men that aided Marquis de La Fay- 
ette. 

58. Give President Jacl^son's act on the U. S.bank. 

59. Describe the Electoral Commission and tell 
what it decided. 

60. Tell who laid the cornerstone of Bunker Hill 
monument and who dedicated it. 

61. State when LaFayette visited America. 

62. Tell why the Indians usually side with the 
French against the English. 

63. Define the Kansas and Nebraska bill. 

64. Give its author and his nickname, and the le- 
gal and political effect of its passage. 



Questions on U. S. History. 59 



65. Tell when and by whom the Ohio river was dis- 
covered. 

66. 67. Define Civil, Siicred, Profane, Medieval, 
Modern, Political, and Ecelesiastical History. 

68. 69. Outline the war of 1812. 

70. In what were the Articles of Confederation de- 
fective? (See pages 106 and 170.) 

71 In what way was the U. S. connected with Spain 
and Cuba in 1898 and 1899? 

72. On what mission was Washington sent in 1753? 

74. Give the subject of the great Webster and Hayne 
debate. 

75. Relate the circumstances that originated the 
phrase, "Unconditional Surrender." 

76. 77. Tell what Sherman's Christmas gift to Lin- 
coln in 1864 was, and how it was obtained. 

78. 81. Define, the following: Ordinance of 1787, 
Jay's Treat v, Louisiana Purchase, Wilmot Proviso, 
Missouri Compromise, Omnibus Bill, Monroe Doctrme, 
Specie Circular, Tarifi" Reform. 

82. How many presidents were inaugurated in the 
presence of their mothers? Name them. 

83. Tell how the U. S. has acquired territory. 

84. Name the writer of the Declaration and tell who 
were its drafters. 

85. Who wrote the Constitution and name its pro- 
poser. (For drafting and revising committee, page 174.) 

86. What woman received credit for valuable sug- 
gestions relating to the Constitution? 

87. Tell who opposed the Preamble of our Constitu- 
tion and why. 

88. 89. Repeat the Preamble and tell how many 
provisions it has. 

90. 92. Define the Articles of Confederation and tell 
when passed. 
93. 94. Name its defects and tell when annulled. 
95. Give date of the Constituent Convention, 



Questions on U. S. History. 



96. 97. Name the resolution passed at this conven- 
tion and by whom introduced. 

98. Tell who was called the "Constitutional Law- 
yer." 

99. Tell when the Constitution was ratified by all the 
states. 

100. Who was president of the Constituent Con- 
vention ? 

101. Give an account of Champlain's explora- 
tions. 

102. How long was Florida ruled by England? 

103. What foreigners served this country under 
Washington? 

104. Name four of the most noted men that have 
held the office of Secretary of the Treasury. 

105. Who was Samuel Houston? 

106. Name leading events of Johnson's adminis- 
tration. 

107. Who wrote "Paul Revere's Ride." Who pro- 
posed this ride ? 

108. Name the difficulties which Washington had to 
overcome during his administrations. 

109. Name the persons that negotiated the purchase 
of Alaska. 

110. HI. Locate the U. S. Military and Naval 
Schools. 

112. Name some Ohio graduates from them. 

113. At what town did Lee surrender to Grant? 

114. Give the date of Oliver Perry's great victory on 
Lake Erie. 

115. Write 120 words on the Mecklenburg Resolu- 
tions. 

116. 120. Outline the slave question from beginning 
to end. 

121. 124. Give substance of all the amendments to 



Qdestions on U. S. History. 



tlie Constitution, giving dates. 

125. Tell why the Democrats were defeated in the 
election of 1840. 

126. 128. Name the foreign countries with which the 
U. S. has been at war. 

129. Tell what section opposed the war of 1812. 

130. 131. Name the distinguished generals that have 
been successful candidates for the presidency. 

132. 134. Name and locate six of the oldest colleges 
in America, with approximate date of founding. (See 
page 92.) 

135. Give the cause of the "Tea episode" of 1773. 

136. 138. Name some novelists and fifteen inventors, 
telling what each invented. (Pages 96 and 98.) 

139. 144. How did President Johnson and Con- 
gress differ on the subject of reconstruction? Give 
number of this Congress. Give number of the present 
Congress. 

145. 147. Who preached Washington's and Lincoln's 
funerals ? 

148. 149. Tell who prayed at the battle of Bunker 
Plill, and read at the grave of Braddock. 

150. Where is Garfield buried. 

151. 153. Why did the Dutch manifest less interest 
tlian other European nations in the early explorations 
and settlements of America ? 

154. 155. Tell the nation that first made settlement 
in the Mississippi valley and give the object. 

156. For what are the following persons noted in 
American history: Calhoun, Gallatin, John Marshall, 
John C. Fremont, and Louis Agassiz ? 

157. From what direction did General Grant 
approach Richmond in the last campaign of the 



62 Questions on U. S. History. 

Civil war? 

158. 160. Mention a public service, or an impor- 
tant historic fact connected with each of the 
following: Horace Greeley, Benedict Arnold, George 
B. McClelland, Winfield Scott, James G. Blaine, Grover 
Cleveland, Dewey, Watson, Shafter^ Sampson, and 
Schley. 

161. 164. By what route did the main army of the 
British enter the state of New York in 1776, and the 
army of Burgoyne in the following yea?? 

165. How many administrations have there been? 

166. What is meant by " KuKlux Klan? " 

167. 170. What happened on the following dates: 
1643, 1623, 1635, 1713, 1520, 1607, 1613, 1507, 1759, 1670, 
1787, 1823, 1866, 1898, 1899? 

171. What led Columbus to believe that the earth 
was round? 

172. 173. When and why was the Ohio Company 
formed ? Name its leader. 

174. Name the war governors of Ohio. 

175. For what is Jacob Leisler noted? 

176. What was the league of the four govern- 
ments? 

177. 178. Account for names: St. Lawrence River, 
Plymouth Colony, Delaware and Philadelphia. 

179. Briefly describe the principal battles of the 
Civil war. 

180. 181. What made Crown Point and Ticonderoga 
so noted? 

182. Describe Dr. Whitman's journey to Wash- 
ington. 

183. 184. Define the Specie Resumption Act, Civil 
Service Bill. 

185. 186. Whft was the Specie Circular and Ten- 



QUESTIOWSON U. S. HISTORY. 63 



ure of Office Bill f- 

187. 188. -Give events for 1641, 17r)8, 1757, 17r)9, 
1761,1763. 

189. What do tlie names Xew York, New Eng- 
land, New Hampshire, Georgia and Carolina indicate? 

190. What; was known as the border states dur- 
ing tlie Oivil war r* 

191. Bound the Confederate stales, naming tlie 
president and vice j>resi(lent ajid lirst and second 
capitals. 

192. Xame four cx-presidcnts who died between 
1860-70. 

198. Xanie a mayor and a su])ervisor president: 

194. What battle was fought wlien both armies 
planned a midnight attack against each other? 

195. When did the following incidents save our 
army: a fog, a stone wali and a stone house? 

196. Xame the territory acquired by the V . S. 
through purcliase, conquest and annexation. 

197. Give incident under which F. S. Key wrole 
the Star Spangled Banner. 

198. Who said, " 1 ani not worth purchasing, 
but such as I am the King of (xreat Britain is not 
rich enough to buy me'? 

199. Wlio said, "I resign my soul lo CJod and 
!ny daughters to mj' country'"? 

200. How did a half-witted boy save a fort from 
(Capture ? 

201. Xame the celebrated trees of our liistory. 

202. Give a description of the'' Woolly-Heads,' 
^'Silver-Greys," 'Barnburners.'' *' Free-Soilers," 
and "Hunkers". 

203. Tell what the X. V. Z. pajjers were.. The 
Henry Letters. 



^LKMiuiSs u> U. S. History. 



204. Wliose last words were these: "Into thy 
hands, O Lord, do I commend my spirit"? 

•205. Name the first president born after the Rev- 
olutionary war. 

206. Describe the '• ()-grab-me" Act. 

207. Who, and in wliat manner, sounded tlie 
trumpet of the Kevohitlon ? 

20JS. Name the president-elect who came to 
Washington in disguise. 

209. 'Pell who led the party tl\at burned the 
(laspe. 

210. When and in what colony was the first cot- 
Ion raised within tiie present limits of I'. S. 

211. Name five distinguished generals who were 
killed in the war of Secession. 

212. Tell who said the administration should be 
ronducted behind glass doors. 

2i:i. 214. Give an account of the " Half Moon ". 
•(rolden Hind ', 'The Constitution", " The Guer- 
riere". '• The Maine". 

215. Tell why the Dutch w^ere not successful in 
America. 

216. Give a description of the "Force Bill". 

217. Give an account of Boss Tweed. 

218. Tell something of the New^ Orleans Expo- 
sition. 

219. Tell what is meant by Knights of Labor and 
( Grangers. 

220. Explain " black list" and "boycott." 

221. Tell what you can of the Statue of Liberty. 

222. Give the important laws passed during 
Cleveland's administration. 

22iC Describe the Pan-American consrress. 



yilKSTlONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 65 



224. What are mortarg ? 

225. Tell where Andersonville prison was. 

226. Name the architect of the suspension bridge 
of Brooklyn. 

227. Tel] who George Peabody was. 

228. Xaine the first president and his cabinet. 

229. If Andrew Johnson had been impeached, 
who would have been president ? 

230. Name the president who became a justice 
of the peace afterwards. 

231. Tell the states which did not vote in the 
national elections of 1864, and 68. 

232. Tell about the Bland 8ilv<^r Bill, John 
Sherman's Bill, Specie Resumption Act and Sptcie 
Circular. 

233. Give a description of the Mugwumps. 

234. Tell the dilference between Jefferson's and 
Grant's Indian policy. 

235. Who was the Father of Greenbacks ? 

236. The Father of America ? 

237. The Father of Exploration ? 

238. The Father of the Constitution ? 

239. The Father of Banks ? 

240. The Father of the Money System ? 

241. The Father of the U. S. Survey ? 

242. Name the author of "■ John Brown". 

243. Tell when the national flag was adopted. 

244. Describe the flag that was used during the 
Declaration of Independence. 

245. Who first carried the flag across the waters 
and who first recognized us as a nation ? 

246. Tell who carried the flag around the globe. 

247. DcvScribe the events that preceded and led 



*6 QVKSTtOiiiS ON U. S- HISTOKY. 



up to the discovery of America. 

248. Exphiiii \vli){it is mcRiit by Mason and Dix- 
on's Lino. 

249. 'rell wliat Ktlian Alien said when asked by 
what authority lie demanded the surrender of Ti~ 
conderoga. 

'25<>. Name the four Intercolonial Wars and give 
date arul cause of each. 

2') I. At what places were the trealies made that 
vlosed these wars ? 

252. Name the first cabinet. The last. 

2r)JJ. Was tlie election of Abraham Lincoln the 
cause of the Civil War ? If not, what was ? 

254. What is the purpose of the President's an- 
nual message to Congress ? 

255. AVhat was the object of the San l>iego 
Commission appointed by President Grant in 1871 ? 

250. What discoveries were made by the follow- 
ing persons : John Cabot; De Leon ; Cartier ; De 
Soto; Gosnold ? 

257. Name the two American colonies that Mrst 
established religious free(lom, tell who were their 
proprietors or founders and what was their religion. 

258. l>y wlion) and when wa-^ the Enumcipation 
Proclaniation issued ? To what State did it not ap- 
ply, and what were its provisions? 

259. For what reason was John Adams's admin- 
istration unpopular? 

270. Who presided at President Johnson's trial? 

271. Name five eminent American historians. 

272. Give five ways in which a person may be- 
come president of the Cnited States. 

27'J. Cnder who.se administration did each of the 
following events occur : Whiskey Kel)ellion ; l^attle 



•."UESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 67 

of New Orleans ; luillifioation ; battle of Buena Vis- 
ta ; purchase of Alaska ? 

274. Describe Ealeigh's two attempts to colonize 
Koanoke Island. 

275. Narrate briefly the early history of Ohio. 
270. Say what you can of John Marshall. 

277. Name sonie distinguished generals who 
have been unsuccessful candidates for president. 

278. In what three ways may a bill become a 
law? 

271). Who said, when Franklin bumped his head, 
'' You are young and have the world before you; 
stoop as you go through it, <'>nd you will miss many 
a hard thump", and upon what occasion ? 

280. Tell the peculiarity of the elections of Jno. 
(}. Adams and Rutherford B. Hayes. 

281. Name tlie noted statesman who was twice 
vice-president of the United States. 

282. Describe Perry's battle on Lake Erie. 

288, How many of our presidents were poor boys? 

284. The first written constitution adopted by a 
free people was signed where ? 

285. Name the last surviving signer of the Dec- 
laration. 

286. Name the presidents of the U. S. who died 
on July 4. 

287. Name tlie presidents who had been vice- 
presidents. 

288. Tell where Magellan was killed. 

289. How did the U. S. acquire the territory on 
which Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco and Se- 
attle now stand ? 

290. In whose administration did the Whig par- 
ty originate ? 



QbESTIONi, ON U. S. HlS10R\. 



291. In what battle was Tecumseh killed ? In 
what war, when and by whom ? 

292. Describe the Alabama claims and tell how 
they were settled. 

293. How does our nation rank as a maritime 
power ? 

294. Name the two presidents inaugurated in 
New York city. 

295. Whose administrations have been the most 
popular, and why? 

296. Give qualifications of presidents and mem- 
bers of Congress. 

297. Tell who was known as the ''Same Old 
Coon.'' 

298. Tell why Jays treaty was unpopular. 

299. Who made a motion in Congress for the 
Declaration of Independence, and give his quotation. 

800. Name the first president that issued an an- 
nual message to Congress. 

301. Name the president who did not. 

302. In what year were post-offices established ? 

303. Tell what is meant by the Mason & Dixon 
line. 

304. Name five treaties concluded in America. 

305. Give the author of the first treaty between 
the U. S. and a foreign nation. 

306. Who suggested the cotton gin ? 

307. Tell who dined with Francis Marion and 
what was served and how ? 

308. Name five important American victories in 
the Revolutionary war. 

309. What president was buried at the expense 
of his relatives, and whv ? 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HiSTURY. 69 



310. Who was the author of the expression," To 
tlie victors belong the spoils'' ? 

311. Tell what woman suggested a five-pointed 
star for our flag and wlien ? 

312. What do the colors of our flag signify ? 

313. Tell why the committee selected the colors 
red and white. 

314. When was the national flag of thirteen 
stripes hoisted for the first time over the American 
army ? 

315. Tell when the American flag was changed 
to thirteen stripes and a star for each state. 

31G. Tell when our flag had more than thirteen 
stripes. 

317. (live. name of the last battle of the Revolu- 
tionary war. 1812. Rebellion. Cuban conflict. 
Mexican war, 

318. Was there ever a president and vice pres- 
ident elected from the same state ? 

319. Xame the presidents that were generals. 

320. Name the distinguished lawyers who have 
been unsuccessful candidates for the presidency. 

321. Tell what is meant by the lost colony of 
America. 

322. Xame the discoverer of the south-west and 
south-east passages. 

323. Tell who sought the north-west passage. 

324. By whom was the first direct voyage across 
the Atlantic Ocean made ? 

325. Xame the four countries that recognized 
the independence of the T'nited States. 

326. Which colony enjoyed the greatest political 
and religious freedom ? 



QUESTIONS ON IT. S. HISTORY, 



i^'27. Tell when tlie MLysissippi river was the 
western ])C)iindary of Die U. S. The Rocky JNIts.?. 

328.. Name the general who died at tlie moment 
of victory. 

829. Tell the territory ac(jujred by the I', S. ))y 
purchase. 

830. By occupancy. 

331. By conquest." 

332. By annexation. 

333. Give the dates of adoption of the Htli, 12th. 
13th, Mth and ir)tly amendments. 

334. Give the princii)al center of early settle- 
ments in the colonies for (a) the Huguenots, (/>) tlie 
Catholics, (r) the Presbyterians, (d) the Episcopa- 
lians. 

335. Name ten tribes of Indians that inhabited 
America four hundred years ago. 

330. Tell what the Tripartite Treaty was. 

337. Name the states tliat were formed from the 
Northwest Territory, giving date of admissi(ui for 
each. 

338. Name our commissioners who determined 
the final terms of peace with Spain, commencing 
October 1. 1898. 

339. What territory half way across the l*acifi(! 
ocean Ixas been annexed to this country, and wiien? 

340. Tell what is meant ))y Anglo Ajnerican Al- 
liance of 1898. 

341. Define biography, tradition and history. 

342. Give five noted events in U, S. history 
which bore upon the slavery question, 

343. Define "ex post facto law". 

344. Name the most important events under 
each of the following udministi-ations ; Jefferson's, 



(QUESTION'S ON U. S. History, 



Jackson's, Polk's,, Buchanan's, Grant's, McKinleN^'s. 

345. What was the " Peninsular Campaign," and 
by whom commanded? 

346. Tell about the " Hammering Campaign " and 
who planned it and when ? 

347. Tell what is known as the *' Five Intolerable 
Acts." 

348. Name the captors of Major Andre, what reward 
did each receive, and what were they doing when they 
saw Andre? 

349. What ex-vice-president was tried for trea- 
son? 

350. Who first saw land, October 12, 1492? 

351. What presidents studied law? 

352. Who were some of the first to suggest a union 
of all the colonies? 

353. What presidents served two terms? 

354. What is the American Industrial Commission? 

355. Who is America's wealthiest man ? woman? 

356. What is a trust? 

357. Who was the great apostle of " Free Silver? " 

358. For what is "Tammany" Hall noted? 

359. Who is Eugene Debs, S. B. Anthony ? 



72 Questions on U. S. History. 

REFERENCE. 

DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS. 
SPANIARDS. 

1. Columbus discovered America October 12, 1492. 
and founded the first white colony on this side 

of the Atlantic at San Domingo. 

2. Ponce De Leon discovered Florida 1512. 

3. De Balboa discovered Pacific Ocean 1513. 

4. Magellan discovered Strait of Magellan, 
found tlie Southwest Passage, and the first to 
circumnavigate the globe 1520. 

5. De Soto discovered Mississippi Kiver 1541, 

6. Cortez's and Pizarro's conquest of Mexico 

and Peru, 1519 and 1531. 

7. De Ayllon's kidnapping expedition along 

the coast of South Carolina. 1520. 

8. De Narvaez explored Gulf of Mexico 1528. 

9. Cabrillo explored the Pacific coast . 1542. 

10. Pedro Menendez founded St. Augustine, 
Florida, the oldest town in the U. S. 1505. 

11. Espejo founded Santa Fe, New Mexico, the 
second oldest town in the U. S. 1582. 

12. Amerigo Vespucci, hence name, June 6, 1497. 

ENGLISH. 

1. John Cabot discovered North America at 
Newfoundland, June 24, 1497. 

2. Sebastian Cabot, Labrador, 1498. 

3. Frobisher sought for the Northwest Passage, 

or North Atlantic coast, failed, 1576-77. 

4. Drake discovered the western coast of 
America, and circumnavigated the globe, 1579. 



Questions on U. S. History. 73 



5. Gilbert's expedition failed 1578; lost at sea. 1583. 

6. -Raleigh attempted settlements in Va. and 

N. C. " Lost colony of Roanoke." 1584-87. 

7. Gosnold's direct route from Europe to N. A., 

and explorations of New England coast. 1602. 

8. Pring explored the coast of Me. and Mass. 1603. 

9. Weymouth explored the coast of Me. 1605. 

10. London and Plymouth Company. 1606. 

11. Richard Grenville explored Roanoke. 1684-5. 

FKEIVCH. 

1. Verrazano explored the coast of N. A. from 
the Carolinas to Newfoundland, and called it, New 
France, Ship " Dolphin." 1524. 

2. Cartier discovered St. Lawrence gulf and 
river. 1534, 1535. 

3. Coligny sent colonies to S. C. Failed. 1562. 

4. Ribault under Coligny. 1562. 

5. Laudonniere under Coligny attempted set- 
tlement on St. Johns River. 1564. 

6. Dominique de Gourgues attempted settle- 
ment in Florida. 1567. 

7. La Roche attempted to found a colony in 

the New World. Failed. 1598. 

8. De Monts established a colony at Port 
Royal, Nova Scotia, (or Acadia). First perma- 
nent French settlement in America. 1605. 

9. Champlain discovered Lake Champlain and 
founded Quebec. " Father of New France." 1608-1609. 

10. Father Marquette and Joliet explored Upper 
Mississippi River as far as the mouth of the Ark. 1673. 

11. La Salle explored Ohio River, 1669, and the 
Mississippi River. 1682. 



74 Questions on U. S, History. 

DUTCH. 

1. Henry Hudson discovered Hudson River 
and Bay on the "Half Moon," 1609, and sought 

for the Northwest Passage. 1610. 

2. Adrian Block explored Long Island Sound 

on the "Unrest." 1614. 

3. Christianson's attempted settlement. 1614. 

4. Cornelius May explored the Jersey coast as 

far as Delaware Bay on the " Fortune." 1614. 

PORTUGUESE. 

1. Diaz expedition along Cape of Good Hope. 1487. 

2. Vasco Da Gama commanded the first expe- 
dition to India, or the Southeast Passage. 1497. 

3. Cabral discovered Brazil. 1500, 

4. Gasper Cortereal explored Maine to New- 
foundland. 1501. 

5. Marco Polo, a Venetian, who traveled 
through Japan and China, published an account 
of his voyages. 

MASSACRES. 

1. Jamestown 1622 and again in 1644. 

2. Dover 1689. 

3. Schenectady 1690. 

4. Haverhill 1697. 

5. Deerfield ^ 1704. 

6. Tuscaroras, N, C 1711. 

7. Natchez, Massachusetts 1729. 

8. Pontiac's conspiracy ....^. 1763. 

9. Boston 1770. 

10. Wyoming and Cherry Valley 1778-9. 

11. Raisin River 1813. 

12. Custer and his men 1876. 



Questions ow U. S. History. 75 

EEBELLIONS. 

1. Clayborne's, Maryland, disputed owner- 
ship of Kent Island, " 1635-42. 

2. Bacon's, or White Apron Brig-ade. Berke- 
ley's duplicity, Virginia, 1676. 

3. Monmouth's. Royal Jealousy. 1685. 

4. Pontiac's. Hatred towards the whites. 1676. 

5. Shay's. Mass. High taxes, exorbitant fees 

and official salaries. 1786. 

6. Whiskey. Pa. Tax on whiskey. 1794. 

7. Fries'. Direct taxing on lands, houses 

and negro slaves. 1798. 

8. Dorr's. R. I. The old charter government, 

or sufferage, 1842. 

9. S. C. Nullification. Tax and Calhoun. 18.32. 

10. Civil War. Right of secession and ex- 
tension of slavery. 1860-65. 

WARS. 

1. Pequod. Connecticut. 1637. 

2. Indian war in New Netherlands. 1643. 

3. King Philip's. New England. 1675. 

4. Indian war in Virginia. 1644. 

5. King William's. England vs. France. 1689-97. 

6. Queen Anne's. England, Holland and 
Germany vs. France and Spain. 1702-13. 

7. Yamassee War, 1715. 

8. King George's. England. Austria and Hol- 
land vs. France and Prussia. 1744-45. 

9. French and Indian. England and Portu- 



gal vs. France and Spain. 


1754-63. 


10. Pontiac's. 


1763. 


11. Revolutionary. U. S. and France ys. 




England, 


1775-83. 


12. Indian wars. Miamis and other tribes. 


1790-98; 



76 VUKSTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

la. Quasi War. C. s. vs. France. 1797-1800. 
U. Tripoli. U. S. vs. Tripoli. 1801-5. 
I."). Second war with England. U. S. vs. Eng- 
land .1812-14. 

Ui First Seminole 1817-18. 

17. Biaek Hawk 1832. 

18. Second Seminole 1835-9. 

19. Toledo War 1835. 

20. Patriot War 1837. 

21. ('reek. Georgia 1813-14. 

22. Mexican. IT. S. vs. Mexico i84fi-8. 

23. Civil. North and South 1861-5. 

24. Modoc 1873-4. 

25. Sioux. Dakota 1862-76-91. 

26. Spain vs. U. S. Began February 15, 98, 
Maine blown up. War declared by the president 
April 23. Peace was' declared by signing the 
Protocal by M. ("ambon and Sec. Day, Aug. 12, 1898. 

TREATIES. 

1. Treaty at Fort Pitt. Delaware 1682. 

2. Penn's. Iroquois 1683. 

3. Uyswick. Closed King William's war. 
Jealousy between England and France. 1697. 

4. Utrecht. Closed Queen Anne's war. 
Jealousy of William 111 1713. 

5. Aix-la-Cha]jelle. Closed King (^eorge's 
war. ( ;ontlicting grants .1748. 

6. First Treaty of Paris. Closed Old French 
and Indian war. Boundary Miss, and Atlantic. 1763. 

7. Preliminary Treaty at Versailles. Closed 
Revolutionary War. November 30. 1783. 

8. Second Treaty of Paris. Closed Revolu- 
tionary War. ^ September 3, 1783. 

9. Jay's Treaty. Settled all but "right of 
search. *' 1795. 



QUKSTIOXS ON U. S. IflSTORV. 77 

10. Treaty with Spain, lloundaiy of V. S. 

on one side. Fla. and l^a. on the other. 17V>;"i. 

11. First Treaty of (rreenville. August *1 179."). 

12. Treaty of Aly^iers. $800,000 for release. 

and $23,000 to the Poi)e 1 79."). 

13. San Lldefonso. Spain ceded Louisiana 

to Fra nee 1800. 

14. Napoleon. France ceded Louisiana to F.S. 1803. 
1.5 X. Y. Z. Treaty. Correspondence. 1797, 

16. Second Treaty of (xreen vi lie. .July 22, 1814. 

17. Treaty of Glient. Closed war of 1812. Dec. 1814, 

18. Treaty with Sixain. Ceded Fla. to V. S. 1819. 

19. Webster and Ashlnirton. Northeast 
boundary line and Right of Seaicli 1842. 

20. (Jreat Britain, or Oregon Treaty. ( )regon 
boundary, or nc>rthwest boundary, . . . : 184H. 

21. (Juadalupe Hidalgo. Closed >Jexican 
War. By this treaty we acciuired California. 
Nevada. Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, for 
$15,000,000 1848, 

22. Ja})an. Opened commerce 18r>4, 

23. Treaty with the Sioux Indians. t(» re- 
tire 1876 18()7. 

24. China, To prote<-I C. S. citizens and 
commercial privilege 1868. 

25. vVashington. Alabama troubles. Feb 27. 1871. 

26. Second treaty of ('hina. Chinese emi- 
gration 1880. 

27. S[)anish- American Treaty at Paris. Dec 1898. 

ACTS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 

1. Sugar Act. This was a lax ui)on sugar 
and molasses, to defray expenses of (juartering 
a body of British trooj»s among our country- 
men. Passed April 5 . 1764. 

2. First Toleration Act, allowed everyone to 
worship Clod as he chose 1634. 



78 QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



a. Second Toleration Act. 1636. 

4. Xavigation A(;t. The J^ritisli Parliament 
ordered tlie commerce of the colony to be car- 
ried on in English vessels, which was ruinous 

to colonial commerce. 1660. 

5. •• Five Intolerable Acts." (1.) The Trans- 
portation Hill gave the governor power to send 
anybody accused of murder in resisting the law 
to England or another colony. 

6. (2). Massachusetts J'>ill, changed the old 
charter of Massachusetts, which forbade the 
people to hold public meetings except the elec- 
tion of town officers, without permission of the 
governor. 

7. (3) Boston Port Bill, forbade the ships to 
go In or out of the port of Boston. 

8. (4) Mutiny Act ordered that the colonies 
should provide the soldiers with quarters and 
necessary supplies. 1768-81. 

9. (5) Quebec Act, was an act which enlarg- 
ed the province of Quebec. 

10. Stamp Act. This Act ordered that 
stamps brought from the British government 
should be put on all legal documents, newspa- 
pers, pamphlets, etc. 1765. 

Bepealed in 1766. 

ACTS OF THE U. S. 

1. Embargo, or "D-grab-me'', Act, forbade 
American vessels to leave port. J807. 

2. Non-1 nter(X)urse Act forbade the people 
to trade with Great Britain and France, but 
gave them liberty to trade with other foreign 
nations. ' 1809. 

3. South Carolina considered that every 
state had the right to refuse to obey a law 
which it believed to be contrary to the consti- 
tution. This was called nullitication. Calhoun 
resigned his office as vice-president in order to 
defend this doctrine. t8:i2. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 79 

4. Conscription Act was a Confederate Act 
of drafting men of the north who were opposed 
to the Civil war. 

5. Tenure of Office Act was a bill niakiiij^^ 
it necessary that the consent of the senate 
shall be obtained for the removal by the pres- 
ident, of any person t\\>m a civil office. 18«7. 

6. Reconstruction Act. It was in substance 
that negro sutirage should be granted and the 
Registry law be enforced. lS(i7. 

7. -'The Credit Strengthening Act.'" de- 
clared that 0-20 bonds of the U. S. slKJUld be 
paid in coin. l.S(ij>. 

8. Refunding Act. The r)-20's whose prin- 
cipal was payable in gieenbacks. were replaced 

by otiiers whose i)rincipal was payable in coins. 1870. 

9. Force Act. or Ku-Klux-Klaiis. piescribed 
tine and imprisonment for any man convicted 
of hindering, or even attempting to hinder, 
any negro from voting, or votes, when cast, 
from being counted, 1871. 

10. Salary Act increased the president's i)i- 
come from $25,000 to $50,000 pej- year. 1874. 

11. Specie Payment, or Hesuniptioii Act. 
The Secretary of the Treasury was aut liorized 
to buy specie by the issue of l)onds and Iveep it 

to redeem U. S. notes. 187.5. 

12. Chinese Immigration Act. forba<:ie the 
Chinese coming during the next ten years. 1882. 

i;^. President Succession Act pi-ovided that 
should the presidency and vice-presidency both 
become vacant, the pj-esidency passes to mem- 
bei's of the Cabinet in the order of the estab- 
lishment of their departments, beginningwith 
the Secretary of State, 188(J. 

14. The Inter-State Commerce Act was for 
the ])urpose of regulating the charges made 
by all railroads which pass through moi-e than 
one state, the object being t^) secure fair and 
iiniff>?-m rates, both for j)assengers and freight. 1n87, 



8o QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

25. Sherman's Purchase and Coinage Act 
directed the Treasurer of the U. S. to buv 4,- 
500.000 oz. of silver to coin into dollars. " 1890. 



BATTLES OF THE REVOLUTION. 

XoTK.— C signifies Colonial victory. E, English victory. Battles 
marked * are principal battles. 

1775. 

* 1. Lexington, Apr. 19. Parker against Pi teairn.C. 
'2. Ticonderoga, May 10. Allen. C. 

* 3. BunRer Hill,.June 17. Prescott against Ho we. E. 

4. Montreal. September 25. 
;'). St. .Johns, November 8, 

(). (Ireat Bridge, December 9. 

7. <,)uebec, December 81, 

1776. 

5, Creek Bridge. February 27. 
9. Boston. March 13. 

lU. Charleston. J une 2S. Lincoln against Clin- 
ton. E. 

* 11. Long Island, August 27. Putnam against 
Clinton. E. 

12. Harlem. September 16. 

13. White Plains, October 28. Washington 
against Howe. E. 

14. Fort Washington, November 19. 

* If). Trenton, December 25. Washington against 
Eall. V. 

1777. 

* 16. Princeton, January 3. Washington against 
Mawhood. C. 

17. Hu})bardton. July 7. 

18. Bennington, August 16. Stark against 
Baum. C. 

19. Brandywine, September 11. Washington 
against Howe. E. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



* 20. Saratoga, September 19. Gates against 
Burgoyne. C. 

21. Taoli, September 20. 

* 22. Germantown, October 4. Washington against 
Howe. E. 

28 . Ft . 01 i n ton , Gc tober 6 . 

* 24, Saratoga, October 7. 

25. Burgoyne surrendered, October 17. 

26. Fort Mercer. October 24. Green against 
Donop. C. 

27. Fort Mifflin. Xoveinber. 

1778. 

* 28. ^lonmonth. June 28. Wasliington against 
Clinton. 0. 

29. Wyoming, Julv 4. 

30. Quaker Hill. R. I., August 29. 

* 81. SHvannah. r)eceni])er 29. E. 

1779. 

82. Kettle Creek. February 14. 

33. Brier Creek. March 3. 

34. Stony Ferry, June 2U. 

* 35. Stony Point, July 16. Wayne against John- 
son. C. 

36. Paulus Hook, August 13. 

37. Chemung, (Indians) August 29. 

* 38. Savannah. August 9. 

* 39. Charleston. Mav 12. 



1780. 

40. Springfield, June 28. 

41. Rocky Mount, July 30. 

42. Hanging Rock, August 6. 

43. Sanders Creek, August 16. 

* 44. Kings Mountain, October 7. Campbell 
against Ferguson . C . 

45. Fish Dam Ford. Xovember 18. 



QUESIIONS, ON l. S. HlblOKY. 



-46. Blackstocks, November 20. 

1781. 

* 47. Oowpens, January 17. Morgan against Tar- 
leton. C. 

48. Guilford Court House, March 15. 

49. Hobkirk Hill, April 25-. 

50. Ninety Six, May and June. 

51. Augusta. May and June. 

52. Jamestown. .Tuly 9. 

* 53. Eutaw Springs, September 8. Green against 
rornwallis. C. 

* 54. Yorktown, October 19. Washington against 
(V)rnwallis. O. 



BATTLES OF THE WAR Of 1812, 
or 2nd War with England. 
Causes. Right of Search and Impressment 
of Seamen. 

1812. 

1. August 13. Naval battle. Eat^ex And Alert. 

2. August 19. Naval battle. Constitution and 
Gnerriere. Hull against Dacres. Aiiier. victory. 

3. October 13. Queenstown Height. Van Rens- 
selaer against Brock. British victory. 

4 . October 18. Wasp etnd Frolic. Jones against 
Whinyate. American naval victory. 

5. October 25. (Jaited States and Macedonia. 
Decatur against Garden. American naval victory. 

6. December 29. Constitution and Java., naval. 
Bainbridge against Lambert. American victory. 

1813. 

Flans for the invasion of Canada were, Gen. Harrison 
ahnni the Tjakes in the Northwest; Gen. Hampton 



QUESTIONS UN U. S, HISTORY, 



along the shores of Lake Champlain; Gen. Dear- 
born, commander-in-chief of all the forces, in the 
center. 

7. January 22. Battle of Raisin, or Frenchtown. 
Winchester and Proctor. British victory. 

8. January 23. Hornet and Peacock, naval. 
Lawrence against Peake. American victory. 

9. May 1. Battle of Fort Meigs. Harrison 
against Proctor. American victory. 

10. May 27. Fort George, Dearborn and Vin- 
cent. American victory. 

11. May 29. Sacketts Harbor. Brown and Yeo. 

12. June .1. Chesapeake and Shannon. Law- 
rence against Brock. Naval British victory. 

13. August 2. Fort Stephenson. Crogan and 
Proctor. 

14. August 14. Arytts and Pelican, naval. Allen 
against Naples. British victory. 

15. September 5. Enterprise and Boxer, naval. 
Burrows against Blythe. American victory. * 

16. September 10. Perry with 9 vessels and Bar- 
clay with 6 vessels. American victory. 

17. October 5. Battle of the Thames. Harrison 
against Proctor, and the Indian chief Tecumseh. 
American victory. 

1814. 

The same plans. 

18. March 28. Naval engagement. Porter and 
Hillyar. British victory. 

19. July 5. Battle of Chippewa. Scott against 
Riall . American victory. 

20. July 25. Battle of Lundy's Lane, Scott and 
Brown against Riall. 



84 QUESTIONS ON V. S. HISTORY. 

21. August 14. Gen. Ross burned the eapitol, 
Washington, D. C. 

22. Septembtr 11. Battle of Plattsburg. Izard 
against Prevost. 

23. September 11. A naval engagement between 
McDonough and Downie. 

24. September 18. Battle of Baltimore, Strieker 
against Ross. 

1815. 

25. January 8. Battle of New Orleans. Fought 
(after treaty of peace was signed) by Jackson and 
Fackcnham. 



BATTLES OF THE MEXICAN WAR. 

Causes: Annexation of Texas; Disputed 
Boundary Line. Declared by Congress, 
Mav 13.* 

1846. 

'^ 1. May 8. Battle of l*alo Alto. Taylor against 
Arista. American victory. Fought l)efore war was 
declared. 

. 2. May 8-9. Battle of ResacaDe La Palma. Tay- 
lor against Le Vega. American victory. Fought 
before w^ar was declared. 

8. May 18. War was declared against Mexico. 

4. September 24. Battle of Monterey. American 
victory. Taylor against Ampudia. 

1847. 

Gen. Scott, eommamhr-in-chief, advance to Mexico; 
Getu Kearny to conquer New Mexico and Cal- 
ifornia; Gen. Taylor to hold the Bio Grande and 
the country ffained , trhile Scott advanced to the 
Capitol. 

5. February 28. Battle of Buena Vista. Taylor 
against Santa Anna. American victory. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. S5 

6. August 20. Battle of Contreras. Smith against 
Valencia. American victory. 

7. September 13. Battle of Chapultepec. Pillow 
against Santa Anna. American victory. 

8. September 14. City of Mexico taken. Scott 
against Santa Anna. American victory. 



BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR. 

Causes: Right of Secession and Extension 

of Slavery. 

186L 

1. April 19. Bloodshed in Baltimore, Massachu- 
setts troop. 

2. April 28. Bombardment and surrender of 
Fort Snmpter. 

3. .Inly 20. Ccnfederate ('Ongress met at Rich- 
mond. 

4. July 21. Rich Mountain, West Virginia, (-on- 
federate victory. 

* o- July 21. Bull Run. McDowell and Beaure- 
gard, ('onfederate victory. 

6. August 10. Wilson's Creek, Missouri. Con- 
federate victory. 

7. November 80. Jeff Davis elected president 
and A. H. Stephens vice president of the Confeder- 
ate states. 

1862. 
Plays: First, to open the lower Mississippi River, and 
break through the Confederate lines. Second, cap- 
ture of the coast and maintain a strict blockade. 
Third, capture of Richmond, or peninsular cam- 
paign. 

8. January 19. Mill Springs. Union victory. 

9. Februarv 6 and 16. Forts Henry and Donel- 



Questions on U. S. History. 



son captured. Grant vs. Buckner. Union victory. 

10. March 7-8. Pea Ridge, Ark. Union victory. 

11. March 8 and 9. Monitor and 3Ierrhnac in 
Hampton Roads. 

* 12. April 6-7. Battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg 
Landing. Grant against Beauregard. 6th Confed- 
erate victory and 7th Union victory. 

18. April 8. Island No. 10 captured. Pope and 
Foote. 

14. April 28. Butler captured New Orleans. 

15. May 5. Williarnsburgh. Union victory. 

16. May 31 to June 1. Battle of Fair Oaks, Va., 
or Seven Pines. Union victory. Johnston wounded 
and Lee in command. 

17. June 3. Gen. Robt. E. Lee took command 
of the Confederate army. 

18. .June 25. -July 1. Seven days battle around 
Richmond. 

19. August 9. Cedar Mountains. C. V. 

20. August 29. Second battle of Bull Run. Pope 
defeated by Lee and Jackson. 

21. September 14. South Mountain. McClellan 
and Lee. Union victory. 

22. September 17. Antietam. McClellan super- 
sedes Burnside, against Lee. Union victory. 

28. September 19. luka. Union victory. 

* 24. December 18. Bat,tle of Fredericksburg. 
Burnside and Lee. Confederate victory. 

* 25. December 81, to January 1, 1863. Murfrees- 
boro or Stone River. Rosecrans against Bragg. 

1863. 

Co)iti)tf«iiU'e of the plans of 1862. 

* 26. January 2. Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn. 
Union victorv. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. ^7 



27. May 1. Battle of Port Gibson. 

28. May 2-3. Battle of Chancellorsville, Vir- 
ginia. Confederate victory. Hooker against Lee 
Hooker was superceded by Meade. 

* 29. July 1-2-3. Battle of Gettysburgh, Penn. 
Meade and Lee. Union victory. 

* 8U. July 4. Vicksburg surrendered to Grant by 
Pemberton. 

31. July 9. Port Hudson on the Mississippi 
River surrendered to Banks. 

* 32. September 19-20. Chickamauga, Ga. Con- 
federate victory. Rosecrans and Thomas against 
Bragg and Longstreet. 

* 33. ^S^ovember 23-24. Siege of Chattanooga. 

* 34. November 24-25. Lookout Mountain, or 
the " Battle above the Clouds", and Missionary 
RiSge. Grant against Longstreet and Bragg. Un- 
ion victorv. 

1864. 

Hammering Campaign agreed upon by Grant and 
Sherman, and Meridian Raid by Sherman's army. 

35. February 20. Olustee, Fla. Confederate 
victory. 

36. March 3. U. S. Grant made Lieutenant- 
General. 

37. April 9. Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. 
Union victory. 

38. April 12. Fort Pillow, Tenn., captured. 
Forrest's raid. Confedei^ate victory. 

* 39. May 5-6. Wilderness, Va. Grant against 
Lee. Indecisive. 

* 40. May 8-18. Spottsylvania Court House, Va. 
Grant and Lee. Indecisive. 

41. June 3. Battle of Cold Harbor. Grant and 
Lee. Confederate victory. 



88 (Questions on U. b. Histokv. 



42. June 19. Kearsarge sinks llie Ala'ian ba. , 

43. June 27. Kenesaw Mt., Ga. Confeuerate 
victory. 

44. July oO. Mine explosion at Petersburg]!. 
Confederate victory. 

45. August 5. Farragut enters Mobile Bay. 
Union success. 

* 46. August 18. Weldon railroad seized. Union 
victory. 

* 47. September 2. Atlanta taken by Sherman. 
Union victory. Before the Atlanta battle Hood su- 
perceded Johnson. 

* 48. September 19. Battle of Winchester. Va. 
Union victory. 

49. Sei3tember 22. Battle of Fisher Hill. Union 
victory. 

* 50. October 19. Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia. 
To where Sheridan made his famous ride from Win- 
chester. Union victory. 

* 51. November 1(), Sherman left Atlanta and be- 
gan his march with 60,000 picked men and supplies, 
to the Sea. This is known as the " Sherman Mil- 
itary Picnic." 

* 52. Dec. 18. Sherman takes Fort McAllister. 

* 53. December 15-16. Battle of Nashville, Tenn. 
Union victory. 

54. December 21. Savannah taken by Sherman. 
Union victorv. 

1865. 

55. January 15. Last fort of the Confederates 
captured. 

56. February 1 to March. Sherman marched 
northward from Savannah. 

57. February 18. Charleston, N. C, captured. 
Union victory. 

58. March 18. Battle of Bentonville, N. C. 
Union victorv. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 89 



59. April 1. Battle of Five Forks, Va. Union 
victory. 

60. April 2. Petersburg, Va. Grant and Lee. 
Union victory. 

61. April 8. (xrant takes Richmond. 

62. April 9. Lee's army surrenders to Grant at 
Appomattox Court House. 

63. April 26. .Johnston "s army surrenders to 
Sherman at Raleii^h. Last of the Confederate forces. 



Union Generals of the Potomac: Scott, McClel- 
lan, Pope, Burnside, Hool^er. Meade and Grant. 

Of the Center: BueJl, Rosecrans, Thomas. 

Of the Coast: Gil more, Worden, Farragut, Foote 
and Porter. 

Of the West: Grant, Halleck, Sherman, Fremont 
and Banks. 



Growth and Abolition of Slavery. 

1. 1619. Slavery introduced by the Dutch, at 
Jamestown, Virginia, by selling twenty negroes into 
perpetual slavery. 

2. 1784. Thomas Jetterson, a slave owner, made 
the proposition in Congress to restrict slavery, but 
failed. 

3. 1787. Ordinance prohibiting slavery in the 
Northwest Territory, now consisting of the states of 
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and 
part of Minnesota. 

4. 1793. Cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney. 
This invention increased the demand for slavery. 

5. 1820. Missouri Compromise passed, which 
admitted Missouri with its slaves, but prohibited 
the extension of slavery, further north than 36 de- 
grees, 30 minutes north latitude, into any territory 



90 Questions on U. S. History. 

of the U. S. Its author was Thomas and advocated 
by Henry Clay. 

6. 1843. Organization of Liberty Party. This 
party opposed the extension of slavery. 

7. 1845. Wilmot Proviso introduced but not 
passed. This caused a violent debate on account 
of its anti-slavery feature. 

8. 1850. California, though extending each side 
of parallel 86^ degrees, after violent debate, was 
admitted as a free state. 

9. 1850. Omnibus Bill passed including other 
slave measures, the fugitive slave law. Henry Clay. 

10. 1854. Kansas and Nebraska Bill passed, re- 
pealing the Missouri Compromise. Its author was 
Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois. 

11. 1854. Dred Scott decision given by the Su- 
preme court of the IT. S. A negro slave who sued 
for freedom. Roger Brook Taney, was the Chief 
Justice who made the decision. 

12. 1859. John Brown and his followers attack 
Harper's Ferry. All were executed but two of his 
confederates. 

13. 1860. Secession began in South Carolina 
December 20, 1860, Mississippi January 9, 1861, 
Florida and Alabama January 11, Georgia Jan. 19. 
Louisiana Jan. 26, Texas Feb. 1, Virginia Apr. 17, 
Tennessee, Arkansas and North Carolina May 6. 

14. 1861. Kansas admitted as a free state, 

15. 1861. Fort Sumter attacked by the South. 
Evacuated by the North April 14. 

16. 1862. Emancipation proclamation issued by 
President Lincoln, September 22. To go into effect 
in one hundred days, or January 1, 1863. 

17. 1863. West Virginia formed from Virginia, 
and admitted June 20. 



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QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



18. I860. War ends xVpril 9, by Lee's surrender to 
Grant at Appomattox Ct)urt House. 

19. 1865. Lincoln assassinated by Booth, April 14, 
Good Friday. 

20. 1865. Recon struct ioti of the seC'Cded staters, 
with the same privileK'es as the x)ther states of the 
Union. 

•21. 1865. 13tli Amendment adopted, freeing the 
slaves. 

22. 1868. 14th Amendment adopted, granting? the 
negroes the right of citi7>enship. 

23. 1868. Anniesty pardon, proclaiming pardon to 
those engaged in secession. 

24. 1868, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, 
Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, 1866, were 
read m i t ted t o Cong r ess . 

25. 1869. Virginia, Mississippi. Texas and Geor- 
gia were readmitted to Congress. 

26. 1870. I5th Amendment pas>;ed granting ne- 
groes the right of suffrage. 

27. 1871. Tlie Ku Klux. (ir Force Act, passvd. 

Acquisition of Territorj'. 

1. Thirteen colonies. $80,000,000. England, hj 
conquest. Twenty cents per acre. 3783, 

2. Louisiana. $15,000,000, France purchase, 

two cents per acre. 180;i 

3. Florida. >!5,000,000. Spain, purclutse. 
twelve cents per acre, 1819, 

4. Western Ter. $27,000,000. Indians, 
purchase, thirty-two cents per acre, 1829. 

5. Texas. $10,000,000, annexation, 4c per a<'re, 1845. 

6. Oregon. Occupancy. 1846, 

7. Mexican cession. $160,000,000. ^VFexico, 

hy conquest. 1848. 

8. California. $15,000,000, of Mexico. By 
purchase, four cents per acre. 1850. 



Questions on u. s. history. 



$10,000,000, Sf Mexico. By 
By 



9. Gadsden 
purchase. 

10. Alaska. $7,200,000, of Russia, 
purchase. Two cents per acre. 



11. 
12. 

13. 



1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10. 



Hawaii annexed, August 6, 

Puerto Rico, of Spain, conquest. July 14, 

Philippine Islands, $20,000,000, Spain. 

Early Colleges. 

Harvard, at Cambridge, Mass. 
William and Mary's, Williamsburg, Va. 
Yale, New Haven, Conn. 
Princeton, Princeton, N. J. 
Columbia, New York City, 
University of Penn, Philadelphia, 
Brown University, R. I. 
Dartmouth, Hanover, N. H. 
Rutgers, Brunswick, N. J. 
Hampden-Sidney, Prince Ed. Co., Va. 



1853. 

1867. 
1898. 
1898. 
1898. 



1688. 
1693. 
1716. 
1746. 
1754. 
1755. 
1764. 
1769. 
1770. 
1775. 



Thirteen English 


Colonies. 


COLONY 


SETTLED 


KIND OF 




AT 


IN 


BY 


GOVERNMENT 


Massachusetts 
Rhode Island 
Connecticut 


Plymouth 

Providence 

Windsor 


l620 

1636 
1633 


English 


Charter 


Pennsylvania 

Maryland 

Delaware 

New York 
New Jersey 
New Hampshire 


Near Philadel. 
vSt. Mary's 
Christiana 
New York 
Elizabeth 
Portsmouth 


1643 
1634 
1638 

1614 

1665 
1623 


Swedes 
Dutch 
English 


Proprietary 

Royal or 
Provincial 


Virginia 
North Carolina 


Jamestown 
Albemarle S'd 


1607 

1663 




" 


South Carolina 


Charleston 


1670 


" 


'• 


Georgia 


Savannah 


1733 


'* 


" 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HiSTORV. 



Admission of States. 

George Washington— Vermont 1791, Kentucky 1792, 
Tennessee 1790. 

Thomas Jefferson— Ohio 1803. 

James Madison— Louisiana 1812, Indiana 1816. 

James Monroe— Mississippi 1N17, Illinois 1818, Ala- 
bama 1819, Maine 1820, Missouri 1821. 

Andrew Jackson— Arkansas 1836, Michigan 1837. 

John Tyler- Florida 1845. 

James K. Polk— Texas 1845, Iowa 1846, Wisconsin 1848. 

Zachary Taylor— California 1850. 

James Buchanan— Minnesota 1858, Oregon 1859, Kan- 
sas 1861. 

Abraham Lincoln— West Virginia ls63. Nevada 1864. 

Andrew Johnson — Nebraska 1867. 

Ulysses S. G-rant— Colorado 1876. 

Grover Cleveland— Washington. Montana, "North Da- 
kota, South Dakota 1889. 

Benjamin Harrison— Idaho, Wyoming 1890, 

Grover Cleveland— Utah 1896. 

Congresses. 

Continental Congresses- 
Sept. 5, 1774, to May 10, Sep. 80, 1777, York, Pa. 
17ir5, at Phil., Perm. July 2, 1778, Pbiladel'a. 
Dec. 20, 1776, Baltimore. June 30, 1788, Princeton. 
Mar. 4, 1777, PhiPa. Xov. 26, '' Annapolis. 

Sep. 27, " Lancaster. Nov. 1, 1784, Trenton. 

Jan. 11. 1785, New York. 

Their Presidents. 

1. Peyton Randolph, September 5, 177L 

2. Henry Middleton, October 22, " 

3. Peyton Randolph, May 10, 1775. 

4. John Hancock, May 24, 1776. 

5. Henry Laurens, November 1, 1777. 



94 Questions on u. s. history. 

6. John Jay, December 10, 1778. 

7. Samuel Huntington, September 28, 1779. 

8. Thomas McKean, July 10, 1781. 

9. John Hanson, November 5, " 

10. Elias Boudinot, November 4, 1782. 

11. Thomas Mifflin, November 8, 1783. 

12. Richard Henry Lee, November 30, 1784. 

13. Nathaniel Gorham, January 6, 1786. 

14. Arthur St. Clair, February 2, 1787. 

15. Cyrus Griffin, January 22, 1788. 

United States Congresses. 

From March 4, 1789, to August 12, 1790, at N. Y. 

From Dec. 6, 1790, to May 14, 1800, Philadelphia. 

From Nov. 17, 1800, to the present time, at 

Washington, D. C. 

Special Sessions, and By Whom Called. 

NOTE.— From April 6, 1789, to Sept. 29, 1789, was an appointed 
session. 

1. John Adams, May 15— July 10, 1797, difficul- 
ties with France. 

2. James Madison, May 22 — June 28, 1809, re- 
assertion of the Non-Intercourse Act. 

3. James Madison, May 24— Aug. 2, 1813, to 
provide means for the war. 

4. Martin Van Buren, Sept. 4 — Oct. 16, 1837, 
financial situation. 

5. John Tyler, May 31 — Sept. 13, 1841, bank 
question. 

6. Franklin Peirce, Aug. 21 — Aug. 30, 1856, 
army appropriation bill passed. 

7. Abraham Lincoln, July 4 — Aug. 6, 1861, 
Civil War. 

8. Andrew Johnson, Mar. 4 — Mar. 30, July 3 — 
July 20, Nov. 21— Dec. 2, 1867, political situation. 

9. K. B. Hayes, Oct. 15— Dec. 3, 1877, to repeal 
the Resumption Act. 

10. R. B. Hayes, Mar. 18 — July 1, 1879, army 
appropriation bill. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



95 



11. drover Clevoland, 1893, financial crisis. 

12. Wm. McKiiiloy, 1897, tariff. 

Inventors. 

Eobert Fulton Saiuuel Colt Benj. Franklin 

Thomas Edison Hiram Maxim Richard Hoe 
McCormick Thos. (loodyear Eli Whitney 

Elias Howe S. F. B. Morse 



Helen Kellar 
Laura Bridsrman 



Prodigies. 

Blind Tom'' 

Criminologists. 



Zerah Colburn 



Caes. Lombroso Pinkerton 
Philip Deitsch Kipley 

Wealthy Men. 



James Lawler 



J. D. Rockefeller 
Wm. Vanderbilt 
C. Vanderbilt 
John J. Astor 
Philip Armour 

"Biir'Nye 
"Mark Twain" 

Jas. G. Bennett 
Murat Halstead 
W. R. Hearst 
Chas. Shirren 
H. Watte r son 
Henry Norman 



Simon Newcomb 
G. A. Wentwortli 
W^ooster Breman 
Dr. Jos. Ray 
J. B. Eads 



Bankers. 

J. Flood Leland Sanford 

Jay Gould Wm. W. Astor 

Russell Sage John Mackay 
Calvin S. Brice J. P. Morgan 
Xelson Morris J. Goelet 

Humorists. 

Jas. W. Riley Artemus Ward 
(Samuel Clemens) 

JournaHsts. 

W. I). Bickham Chas. A. Dana 
Harold Frederic Horace Greely 
H. S. Drone W. G. Simms 

Jas. Creel man B. Taylor 
Whitelaw Reid Samuel Bowles 
John R. McLean 
Mathematicians. 

Davies B. Banneker 

Louis A. Bauer J. Day 
Walker John Stoddard 

E. B. Seitz T. C. Mendenhall 

D. Ritten house 



96 



Questions on u. s. history. 



Robert Morris 
Alex. Hamilton 
Albert Gallatin 
Marsh. Matthew 

CM. Depevv 
John Hay 
Wm. R. Day 
John Jay 

Booth 
Barret 

Roland Reed 
S. S. Russel 

N. Hawthorne 
E. P. Roe 
Hamlin Garland 



Financiers. 

Lyman Gage 
John Sherman 
Henry Clews 
Russell Sage 

Diplomats- 
J. Q. Adams 
John Adams 
Andrew White 
Benj. Franklin 

Actors. 

J. Jefferson 
J. A. Daniels 
Wm. Barry 
Dan Daly 

Novelists. 

A. Conan Doyle 
F. R. Stockton 
H. Mabie 



S. P. Chase 
L. Herdelbach 
S. J. Dexel 



Daniel W^ebster 

H. Fish 

J. G. Blaine 



Wm. Crane 
Chas. Hoyt 
Rich. Mansfield 
W. Whiteside 

J. E. Cooke 

D. P. Thompson 

W. D. Howells 



Essayists. 

R. W. Emerson J. C. Armstrong R. H. Dana 
L. E. Wliipple Walter C. Hunt H. H. Hudson 
T. J. Hudson J. F. Grumbine Dr. J. T. Buck 
Sidney Flower John Fiske Thomas Paine 

Dr. Paul Cams E. P. Whipple W. Q. Judge 

Litterateurs, Critics, General Writers, 

Edgar Saltus C. H. Young Bellamy Storer 

Frank Carpenter "Macon" 

F. L. Oswald R. P. Halleck 

E. J. Appleton R. G. Ingersoll 

W. T. Jamieson "Ruth Ashmore' 

Editors of N. Y. Independent, Criterion, Outlook, 
Mun.sey's, Review of ReviewH, Black Cat, Literaiy 
World, Co.smopolttan, Public Opinion, The Critic, 
Book Buyer, Atlantic Monthly, Dial. 



Edward Bellamy 
G. B. De Bernard! 
John U. Lloyd 
(Eliz'th Mallon) 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



97 



Sculptors. 

Moses Ezekiel R. B. Hughes B. P. Akers 
Hiram Powers Joel Hart 

Painters. 

Benj. West R. Allston John Trumbull 

H. Copley J. E. Williams A. B. Durand 

Robert Peale Geo. Inness Wm. Dunlap 

Historians. 

G. T. Curtis 

A. Stevens 

Rich. Hildreth 

D. Montgomery 

A. Barnes 
John W. Draper Horace Greeley 
F. T. Cooper 



Jas. C, Ridpath 
John Fiske 
P. V. M. Myers 
Fran. Parkman 
G. H. Bancroft 



J. W. Buel 
Wm. Bradford 
S. G. Goodrich 
Wm. Preseott 
J. T. Headley 
John L. Motley 
Bishop Newman 



B. J. Lossing 
Biographers 

Wash. Irving Robert Barr 

C. A. Dana W. L. Stone 

Preachers, Theologians, Revivalists, Etc 

L. J. Beecher Isaac M. Wise James Mackey 

D. L. Moody Msgr. Satolli 
Samuel Jones Arch. Corrigan 
Dewitt Talmage Cardin. Gibbons 
Lyman Abbott T. Parkhurst 
Bishop Potter Louis Grossman 

Poets. 

Jas. R. Lowell W. C. Bryant 
J. G. Whittier O. W. Holmes 



Jared Sparks 
B. J. Lossing 



D. Phillipson 
W. Gladden 
M. Lillienthal 
B. T.W^ashington 
J. A. Watterson 



Edgar Allen Poe Walt Whitman 
H.W.Longfellow James B. Read 



Paul L. Dunbar 
T. B. Aldrich 
R. H. Stoddard 
Eugene Field 
Timothy Dwight 



Jas. W. Riley W. D. Howells 

Philanthropists. 

Stephen Girard H. Pingree P. 1). Armour 

N. Longworth S. M. Jones Jacob Schifl 

J. G. Whittier J. H.* Patterson W. L. Garrison 



Questions on u. s. history. 



Statesmen. 

Patrick Henry Andrew .Jackson (I. Washington 
Henry Clay Alex. Stevens John Adams 

Daniel Webster J. (!. Callioun John Hancock 
Thos. Jeft'erson R. Y. Hayne A. Lincoln 
John Sherman 

Teachers and Educators. 
Timothy Dwiglit W. (t. Sparks A. S. Draper 
Jolm Hancock W.O.Thompson L. Clark Seelye 
Jas. H. Oantield J. :\r. Baldwin Chas. Eliot 
W. R. Harper T.O.Mendenhall E. B. Andrews 
R. (I. :\[ordt(m E. E. White J. M. Taylor 

Jas. B. Angell W. T. Harris W. H. Venable 
Judge Taft Prof. Frost Horace ]Mann 

L. Seeley ]). C. (rilman D. A. Long 

W. N. Haihnan .1. H. Kirkland Louis Agassiz 
Wm. T. Harris Ed. K. James Mark Hopkins 
H. S. Lelir C. E. Norton A. B. Shauck 

Inventions. 

1. Lightning rod^ 1752, Benjamin Franklin. 

2. Cotton-gin, 1793, Eli Whitney. 
8. Steam, 1798, Watt. 

4. Steamhont, 1807, Fulton or Fitch. 

5. Spinning machine, 1790-98, Arkwright. 

6. Vulcanized India rubber, 1889, C. Goodyear. 

7. Telegraph, 1887-44, S. F. B. Morse. 

8. Sewing machine, 1846, Howe. 

9. Harvesting machine, 1850, Cyrus MeCormick. 

10. "Yankee Cheese Box", or Monitor, 1861, 
Screw Propeltor, 1862, John Ericsson. 

11. Atlantic cable, 1866, Cyrus W. Field. 

12. Tele-phone, 1877, A. G. Bell. 

13. Phonograph, 1878, Electric light, 1878, Edison. 

14. Revolving Printing Press, 1882, R. M. Hoe. 

15. X-rays, 1896, Roentgen and Edison. 
H). Vitascope and graphophone, Edison. 
Ii7. Liquid air, Charles Tripler. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 99 

Eminent American Women. 

1. Abigail Adams, by letters concerning the 
Revolutionary war, to her husband, John Adams. 

2. Martha Washington, for the American cause 
during the Revolution. 

8. Lydia Darrah overheard an order read to at- 
tack Washington's army. She informed Wasliington 
of the same by getting of Howe, a pass through the 
lines to a mill for flour, as an excuse. 

Jr. Dicy Langston, the brave American spy of 
South Carolina. (See Quotations, "S's".) 

;■). Rebecca Motte allowed her uiansion to be 
burned in order to effect the capture of Fort Motte, 

0. Miiry Knight cooked and carried provisions to 

ashington's soldiers at Valley Forge. 

7. Mercy Warren, sister of James Otis, was the 
great political adviser and actress of the Revolution, 
and one of the first American poets. 

8. Harriet Xewell, Christian missionary of 1793. 

9. Ann Hasseltine Judson was the first Amer- 
ican woman who volunteered to carry the Gospel to 
the pagans of the Old World, February 17, 1812. 

10. Katie Ferguson, the professional cake maker, 
born a slave, after she was freed began teaching the 
poor and neglected children every Sunday at her 
dwelling on W^arren street and established the first 
Sunday-school on Murray street, Greater New York. 

11. Lucretia Mott, advocate of woman's rights, 
and was one of the main organizers of the American 
Anti-Slavery Society. 

12. Lucy W. Hayes forbade the use of wine in 
the Whitehouse during her stay. 

18. Mothers Garfield and McKinley who saw their 
sons inaugurated. 
U. Mollie Pitcher filled her husband's post. 



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Historians. 

1. Martha Lamb wrote the History of New York. 

2. Hannah Adams, History of the Jews. 

3. Abby Sage Richardson, history of our country. 

4. Phebe A. Hanaford, historical sketches of 
churches. 

5. Alice Baker, historical stories, etc. 

Artists. 

1. Louisa Lander, relative of Benjamin West, 
portrait painter. 

2. May Alcott, landscape painter. 

8. Mary Swinton Legare, landscape painter. 

4. Lily Spencer, portrait painter. 

5. Elizabeth K. De Normandie, portrait painter. 

Poets. 
Julia W, Howe Ellen E. Miles Caroline Mason 
Mary F. Webber Mary M. Chase 

Novelists. 

1. Harriet B. Stowe, "Uncle Tom's Cabin". 

2. Marion Harland, "Alone'^ "Sunny Banks". 

3. Louisa M. Alcott, "Little Men", and "Little 
Women". 

4. Elizabeth S. Phelps. 

Journalists. 

Pauline Davis Lucy Stone Elizab'h Stanton 

Caroline Soule Amelia Bloomer 

Scientists. 
Maria Mitchell Sarah E. Smith Eliz. C. Agassiz 
Sarah Stevenson Grace A. Lewis 

Teachers. 
Mary Lyon Alice Fletcher Alice E. Freeman 

Cath. Beecher Almeda Booth 



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Lecturers, 
Mary Livermore Anna Dickinson Frances Willard 
Maria Mitchell Eliz. Churchill 

Lawyers. 
Charlotte Ray Helena Barkalow Belva Lockwood 
Phebe Cozzens Myra Broadwell 

Travellers. 
Liicinda Stone Julia W. Howe 8arah F. Wells 
Mary D. Wall is Jane A. Fames 

For reference — Ddiufhters of America, Ladies of the 
White Hou.se, Mm. Hale's Biography of Distinguished 
Women, Lossing'ff Eininent Americans. 

Indian Chiefs. 

1. Metacom, or King Philip, son of Massasoit, 
in King Philip's war. Shot by a treacherous In- 
dian of his own tribe, August 12, 1676, 

8. Uncas, "the true friend of the whites", with 
two hundred Mohegans took up arms against King 
Philip. 

8. Canonicus, of the Narragansetts, sent a chal- 
lenge to Gov. Bradford consisting of a bundle of 
arrows tied with the skin of a rattlesnake. 1622. 

1. Pontiac . of the Ottawa tribe , who confederated 
all the Indian tribes of the northwest to drive the 
English from their posts on the Great Lakes and in 
the country around the head waters of the Oliio. 
He was killed by a Peoria Indian, in 1769, for a bar- 
rel of rum. 

5. Cornplanter, of the Seneca. (See Quotations.) 

6. Red Jacket, Seneca warrior in the Revolution- 
ary war and War of 1812. 



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7. Osceola, in tlie Seminole war. He died in a 
military prison, January 81, 1889. 

8. Black Hawk, in the war named after him. 

9. Teciimseh in the Xorthwest territory during 
the Indian trouhles, and was killed in the battle of 
the Thames by Col. Johnson, October 5, 1813. 

10. Little Turtle addressed a committee appointed 
by the Society of Friends, with wisdom and pathetic 
eloquence, at Baltimore, in 1802, for ''promoting the 
improvement and civilization of the Indian natives" 
in excluding "the portion of the moral world". 

11. Powhatan, Jamestown colony. 

Great Americans of Humble Beginnings. 

Arkwright, Ricliard, the inventor, was a barber, 
with no chance, no education, and gave his 
spinning model to the world that gave him 
wealth and fame. 

Astor, Jacob, sold apples on the streets of New York 
City, and became the noted millionaire. 

Butler, B. F., a chore boy on a farm. 

Burritt, Elihu, a blacksmith and became a great 

scholar. 
Bancroft, George, spent twenty-six years on his 

history of the U. S. 
Barnum, P. T. , rode horses for ten cents a day and 

became the great showman of America. 

Columbus, Christopher, a weaver. 

Clay, Henry, a mill boy. 

Childs, George W., a clerk in a bookstore. 

Douglas, Fred, started in life as a slave. 
Douglas, Stephen A., a cabinet maker. 



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Dickinson, Anna, began life as a school teacher. 

Edison, Thomas, a newsboy on the Grand Trunk 
Railroad, began his experiments in a baggage 
car, and is known as the "Electrical Wizard". 

Franklin, Benjamin, was the son of a chandler and 
soap boiler, was a printer and began by wheeling 
his supplies in a barrow through the streets of 
the city of Philadelphia. 

Foster, Charles, a country clerk. 

Fillmore, Millard, a wool carder. 

Fitch, John, without opportunity, set up in the 
vestry of a church in Philadelphia, the first 
steamboat ever run in America. 

Garfield, J. A. , tow-path boy on Ohio & Erie canal. 

Garrison, Wm. Lloyd, a poor young printer. 

Goodyear, Charles, "If you see a man with an India 
rubber coat on, India rubber shoes and India 
rubber cap and in his pocket an India rubber 
purse and not a cent in is, that is Goodyear." 

Greeley, Horace, a compositor. 

Gould, Jay, a-land surveyor. 

Girard, Stephen, a cabin boy. 

Grant, U. S., a farmer. 

Hamilton, Alexander, a merchant's clerk. 
Huntington, C. P., a peddler. 
Hill, David B., a newsboy. 
Hamlin, Hannibal, a printer. 

Harrington, John, who played the fife at the battle 
of Lexington, was the last survivor of the min- 
ute men, was a farmer and a vigorous axmiin. 

Henry, Patrick, son of a planter, was called lazy 
and good for nothing. 



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Howe, Elias, the inventor of the sewing machine, 
was utterly destitute at 35, a millionaire at 36. 

Johnson, Andrew, a tailor. 

Knox, Henry, a book seller of Boston. 

Lincoln, Abraham, a rail splitter, and studied law 
during spare hours while surveying, and learned 
the common branches unaided while tending 
store. 

Moody, D. L., a farm hand. 
McDonald, Joseph E., a saddler. 
Morton, Levi P., clerk in a country store. 

Peabodj^, George, sawed wood to pay for his lodging 
and breakfast and becam the great philanthro- 
pist. 

Putnam, Israel, a farmer. 

Parker, Theodore, a farm hand and millwright, 

Rittenhouse, David, was a chief assistant farmer 
and when a mere boy he disfigured his imple- 
ments of labor, the barn-doors and pig-sty with 
geometrical diagrams, and calculated eclipses 
on his plow handle. 

Sherman, John, a river boatman. 

Spencer. P. R., a barefooted boy practiced writing 
in the sand beach of Lake Erie, and is author 
of the Spencerian system of penmanship. 

Sherman, Roger, a shoemaker. 

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, wrote her great master- 
piece in the midst of pressing household cares. 



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Twain, Mark, cabin boy on a steamboat. 
Vanderbilt, Wm. a ferryman. 

Washington, George, a land surveyor. 

Wilson, Henry, vice president, drove a team and 

cut mill logs at |6 a month. 
Wanamaker, John, worked in a bookstore for $1.25 

a week. 
Whittier, John G., a shoemaker. 
Webster, Noah, was 26 years on his dictionary. 
Whitman, Walt, a printer. 
Webster, Daniel, a farmer's boy. 

" in the blackest soils grow the finest flowers, and the loftiest and strong- 
est trees spring heavenward among the rocks."— J. G. Holland. 

"No man is born into this world whose work is not born with him.— 

LOWELL. 

"And he who waits to have his task marked out, 

Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled." — Lowell. 
" On the great clock of time there is bot one word— Now." 

Conventions. 

1. In July 17.~)4, a convention of all the colonies 
north of the Potomac, met at Albany, where Dr. 
Franklin laid before it his plans of permanent union; 
but were rejected by the Board of Trade in England. 

2. The Convention at Alexandria, March, 1785, was 
a scheme formed by the citizens of Maryland and 
Virginia for the purpose of promoting navigation of 
the Potomac river and Chesapeake bay and to fix 
some system of duty upon exports and imports. This 
committee met at Washington's home also, 1786. 

3. "Trade Convention" met at Annapolis, Sep- 
tember 1786, consisting of delegates from Virginia, 
Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 
New York, to consider the trade and commerce of the 
United Colonies, which was on a stand-still at this 
time and Congress had no power to regulate it. This 



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Convention is memorable however, for a resolution 
which was passed by that body recommending a con- 
vention for the purpose of revising the Articles of 
Confederation. This was called for by General 
Washing-ton. 

4. Constitutional, or Constituent Convention met 
at Philadel]>hia, Pa., May 25, 17S7, for framing the 
Federal constitution. It consisted of commissioners 
from all the states, excepting Rhode Island. Having 
chosen Gen. Geo. Washington, who was delegate from 
Virginia, their president, they proceeded to the im- 
portant business suggested by the convention of 1786. 

RESULT OF THIS GREAT CONVENTION. 

ist. It proved wherein the Articles of Confederation were defec- 
tive, as foUows : (a)No executive or judiciary power. (b)No su- 
preme axithority. (c) No power over treaties, over commerce nor 
war. Therefore it could recommend everything, but enforce 
nothing. As Washington .said, " We are one nation today and 
thirteen tomorrow." 

2nd. (a)EdnunKl Randolph introduced on the 29th of May, a res- 
olution to set aside the Articles of Confederation and adopt a new 
constitution. (b)Constitution written by Gouverneur Morris, 
(c) Patrick Henry opposed the preamble, or "the bulwark of our 
liberties". He opposed the words. We, the People. 

3rd. The Constitution was adopted early in September, 1787. 

4th. Submitted to the people, September 17, 1787. 

5th, Went into effect June 21st, 1788, or when the ninth colony, or 
New Hampshire, ratified it. [.See Cons., Art. VII.] 

6th. It was ratified by all the states as follows : 

Delaware, Dec 7, 1787. Maryland, April 28, 1788. 

Pennsylvania. Dec. 12, 1787. South Carolina, May 28, 1788. 
New Jersey, Dec. 18, " New Hampshire, June 21, 1788. 

Georgia, January 2, 1788. Virginia, June 26, 1788. 

Connecticut, Jan. 9, " New York, July 26, " 

Massachusetts, Feb. 6, 1788. North Carolina, Nov. 21, 1789. 

Rhode Island, May 29, 1790. 

5. Hartford Convention met at Hartford, Dec. 15, 
1814, consisting of delegates from all states east of 
the Hudson. ^Ir. Cabot, a relative of John and Se- 
bastian Cabot, was president of this convention. 

It adopted a report complaining of unconstitutional proceed- 



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ings on the part of the government, and recommended 
alterations of the constitution in order to limit the Federal 
authority. This convention ruined the Federal party. 

6. Geneva Convention was in March 1882. It 
organized a system of National relief for sufferings 
arising from pestilence, famine and other calamities. 

Note.— For a fuller list of Conventions see Henry's " Voice of 
THE People." 

Famous Sayings. 

1. A little more grape, Captain Bragg.— Taylor 
at the battle of Buena Vista. 

2. And here's to General Washington, the Josh- 
ua of America, who commanded the sun and moon 
to stand still, and they obeyed him.— Dr. Franklin 
at a toast. 

8. Ask nothing but what is right— submit to 
nothing wrong. — Aiulrew Jackson's political niaxim. 

4. Boys, there's the enemy ! They must be 
beat, or Molly Stark must sleep a widow this night. 

—John stark to the Green Mt. boys at the attack of Hessians and 
Tories near Bennington. 

5. Beware that your northern laurels do not 
turn to southern willows. — Lee. 

(). Berkeley has taken more lives in that naked 
country, than I did for the murder of my father. — 

Charles II. of Bacon's Rebellion. 

7. Dont' give up the ship. — 

I^awrence's dying words said when he was carried below on the 
Chesapeake, and the words Oliver Perry placed at his mast head 
three months afterward. 

8. Dear friends, my love salutes you all. — 

Penn, when parting from the Indians. 

9. Don't let us fight without a flag. — 

Ja.sper to Wm. Moultrie when the flag had been cut down by a ball 
from the enemy on the fort of palmetto logs, at Sullivan's Is. 



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10. DeSoto has crossed a large part of the con- 
tinent and found nothing so remarliable as his 
burial place. — Bancroft. 

11. First in war, tirst in peace, first in the hearts 
of his countrymen. — 

Parke Custis, the foster-son, speaking of Washington. John Mar- 
shall when presenting a series of resolutions to the House of 
Representatives used this quotation. 

12. Go, my son, and may Heaven and your 
mother's blessing be with you always. — 

Washington's mother, when he started on his journey to New 
York City to become president. 

18. Cxen. Taylor never surrenders. — Crittenden. 

11. (lod be praised, I die happy I — Wolfe's dyinj 
frordii (ft Quebec. 

15. Give me liberty, or give me death. — Patrick 
II en r If. 

1(). God rales in the affairs of men. — Garfield. 

17. Howe has not taken Philadelphia so much as 
PhiUilolphia ha>< taken Howe. — 

Franklin, of the battle of Brandywine. 

18. He serves his party best who serves his 
country best. — Cleveland. 

19. Hamilton smote the rock of national re- 
sources and abundant streams of revenue burst 
forth. He touched the dead corpse of public credit 
and it sprang upon its feet. — Webster. 

20. Here I hunted when a hoy, here my father 
lies buried, here I want to die. — 

Osceola, when placed in irons bj' Gen. Thompson. 

21. Heaven and earth never agreed better t(j 
form a place for man's habitation. — John Smith. 



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22. He could catch the fox in the morning, — 

Cornwallis, at the battle of Princeton. 

28. Hold fast to those yoii can trust. — Jaek.soii's 
busuiess principle. 

24. I will do absolutely iiolhiiiji:. — 

J. Q. Adani.s, when Kdward Everett asked if he did not intend to 
do something to secure his election. 

2"). I'll try, sir. — Col. Miller, nt Lmidy'.s Lane. 

2(5. In the name of the Great .lehovah and the 
Continental Oongre-<s, I command you to surrender. 

—Ethan Allen, to the affrighted official at Ticotideroga 

27. 1 only regret that I have but one life to give 
to my country. — 

Nathan Hale's last words. He was sent ah a spy by Washington, 
was captured at Long Island Sound and without trial, was execu- 
ted in New York. 

28. I am not worth puirhasing. but such as I 
am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to 
buy me. — 

Joseph Reed, when a bribe was offered for his influence in favor of 
Great Britain in 1776. 

29. r die hard, but I'm ijol afraid to go — 

Washington's dying words, 

BU. I am going, I am dying. — Clay .t di/ing worda. 

J31. I am perfectly comfortable. — Calhoun. 

82. I resign my soul to my God, my daughters 
to my country. — Jefferson. 

88. I would rather have written these lines than 
take Quebec to-morrow. — 

Wolfe, at Quebec, of Gray's " Elegy in a Country Churchyard." 

84. I will found a free colony for all mankind. — 

Win. Penn, when he founded Penn.sylvania. 

85. If his soul were turned insj(h^ out. tioi ;i 



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i^pot \YOuld be found on it. — 

Thomas Jefferson said of James Monroe. 

86. I would rather be right than president.- C/<^/2/- 

37. Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my 
spirit. — Cohnnbus' dying ivords. 

88. I wish to God I might die, for I am growing 
mad. — George III. 

89. I am proud to be the countryman of the men 
who assailed those heights. — 

President Lincoln, when he was shown the slope which Pickett 
charged. 

4U. It is over. — 

Lord North, when he heard of the surrender of Yorktown. 

41. I would rather be defeated on a sound issue 
than elected on a false issue. — 

Garfield, during his campaign. 

42. I must tie the bag and save the country. — 
Andrew Jackson. 

48. It was enough to make an angel swear. — 

Lsrael Putnam's reply to the members of the church who accused 
him of swearing at the Battle of Bunker Hill. 

44. If there is anyone to whom the Lord will lis- 
ten it is George Washington, and under such a 
commander our Independence is certain. — 

Isaac Potts, to his wife, when he heard Washington praying for 
the success of the American army at Valley Forge. 

45. I propose to fight it out on this line if it 
takes all summer. — U. S. Grant's telegraph. 

46. I always talk better when I lie. — 

James Madison during his final illness. 

47. If I am interrupted again I will make the 
sun shine through you. — 

Wadsworth when the charter was read. 

48. I am not til for the company of officers, I 






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am only a sergeant. — Jasper. 

49. I pledge my jewels to raise the money. — 

Queen Isabella. 

50. It is well.— 

Washington's last words to Dr. Craik. 

51. I have not yet begun to fight. — 

Jones, when he was fighting 

52. I owe everything I am and have to my 
mother. — 

President Garfield, after taking the oath of office. 

53. I thank God, the Great Spirit, for this op-, 
portunity of smoking the pipe of friendship and love. 

— Cornplanter's speech after the treaty of peace 1784. 

54:. I had before heard of turning gold into 
smoke, but he was the first to turn smoke into gold. 

—Queen Elizabeth, when Raleigh turned ashes into gold. 

55. Jefferson still survives. -J (Zay/i^' dying wonl.i, 

5(). Let me pass over the river and rest under 
the shade of the trees. — Stonewall Jackaon. 

57. Liberty dearer than union. — Calhoun. 

58. Let me die in my old American uniform in 
which I fought my battles. — 

Benedict Arnold as he lay dying in a garret in London. 

59. Let me tell you one very serious truth, in 
which we are all agreed : your countrymen must 
seal their cause with their blood. — 

Josiah Quincy wrote to a friend from England, near the close of 1774. 

60. Look: ! There's Jackson standing like a 
stone wall. — 

General Bee to his men at the battle of Bull Run. 

61. Millions for defense, but not one centj^lor 
tribute. — 

Charles Pinckney, our French minister, is reported to have replied 



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to their insulting demand. 

()2. My country is the world, my countrymen 
are all mankind. — WiUiom Lloyd Garriaon. 

68. My heart breaks, now I am ready to die. — 

King Philip, when his wife and son were made prisoners. 

6-1:. Men of New York, you will not fear to fol- 
low where your general leads. — 

Richard Montgomery, to his men at the siege of Quebec where he 
was killed. 

65. My friends, we have met on the broad path- 
way of good faith. We are all one flesh and blood. 
Being brethren, no advantage shall be taken on 
either side when disputes arise, we settle them in 
council. Between us there shall be nothing but 
openness and love. — 

William Penn's treaty with the Indians. 

66. May we plant our vines, be the fathers of 
our own children and maintain them.-Corvphnifer. 

67. My eyes have grown dim in the service of 
my country, but I have never doubted her justice. 

— Washington, when he took off his spectacles to wipe them, and 
addre.s.sing the officers. 

68. My name is Captain Kidd, as I sailed. — 

Kidd, when he was taken captive. 

69. Or we'll hang separately. — 

Franklin in reply to Hancock's quotation (See W*s) while .signing 
the Declaration of Independence. 

70. Oftentimes our poor soldiers were constrained 
to give the very shirts from their backs to get one 
fish, when they were in such d'n^tress .-Lav don vier(\ 

71. Pooh ! They can't liit an elephant at this 
distance. — 

General Sedgwick, when he .saw a man dodging a ball. At that 



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moment he himself was struck and fell dead. 

72. Public office is a public trust. — 

Cleveland, during his first administration. 

78. Remember we are one country now. Bring 
up your children to be Americans. — B. E. Lee. 

74. So much the better, I shall not see the sur- 
render of Quebec, — 

Montcalm's dying words at Quebec. 

75. Sir, always catch a man before you hang him. 

— Abraham Whipple's reply to a letter written by James Wallace 
saying that he would hang him at the yards-arm for burning the 
Gaspe on June 17, 1772. 

76. Sicsempertyrannis(So always with tyrants). — 

John Wilkes Booth, when he shot President Lincoln and leaped to 
the stage in front. 

77. Shoot me if you dare ! I will not tell you ! 

— Dicy Langston, when the British held a pistol to her breast de- 
manding her to tell the plans of the American army. 

78. Silence !— 

Fletcher, when the charter was read. 

79. Tarn, boys! Turn, turn ! We are going back. 

Sheridan's command at the battle of Cedar Creek. (vSee Battles of 
Civil War. 

80. This is the last of earth, I am contented. — 
J. Q. AdamH. 

81. Thank God, there are no free schools in this 
province, nor printing press, and I hope we shall 
not have for these hundred years. — BerkeJeii. 

82. These colonies are and of right ought to be 
free and independent. — 

Richard Henry Lee's resolution in Congress 1776. 

88. Try me.— 

Kosciusko, when Washington asked him what he could do. 



114 Questions on U. S. History. 

84. The principles of the government I wish 
to be carried out. I ask nothing more. — WilUani 
Henry Harrimn. 

85. Throw down your arms ! Fire ! — 

Pitcairn, to the Minute Men at the Battle of Lexington. This was 
the first volley of the Revolution. 

86. The most wonderful work ever struck off at 
a given time by the brain and purpose of man. 

Gladstone, referring to our constitution. 

87. To the victor belongs the spoils. -J/(^ re?/. 

88. The confidence of the whole nation centers 
in you. — Jefferson. 

80. The British ministry can read that name 
without spectacles.— 

John Hancock, when .signing the Declaration of Independence. 

90. 'Tis a sharp medicine, but a sound cure foj 
all disease.— 

sir Walter Raleigh, when he was beheaded. 

91. This is the Fourth of July.— 

Jeffer.son's last words. 

92. They will never do it ! They will never do it ! 

— William Hurry, the bellman at Independence hall. 

93. Take these, you will need them. I can do 
without them — 

Mrs. Elizabeth, Steele to General Greene. 

94. Tell my children to obey the laws and up- 
hold the Constitution. — Stephen A. Douglaa. 

This is on his monument, also, at Douglas Park, Chicago. 111. 

95. To arms, general! Washington has out- 
generaled us. Let us fly to the rescue at Princeton. 

Erskine, to Cornwallis. 

96. The American liberty is set.— 

Franklin, in a letter to a friend. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 115 

97. The day will come when some more power- 
ful man will get fame and riches from my inventions. 

—Fitch, (See Inventors and Great Americans, pages 94 and 102.) 

98. To my dying day I will oppose, with all the 
powers and faculties God has given me, all such in- 
struments of slavery on one hand and villainy on 
the other.— 

James Otis, in Boston. Of this John Adams said, " Then and there 
the trumpet of the Revolution was sounded." 

99. Then and there was the trumpet of the 
Revolution sounded.— John Adams. 

100. That gallant officer is General Frazer. I ad- 
mire and honor him, but he must die. Stand among 
those bushes and do your duty. — 

Morgan, at the battle of Saratoga. 

101. This law will be resisted to blood and to 
de&th.— Ashe. 

102. The Indians may frighten Continental 
troops, but they can make no impression on the 
King's regulars. 

Braddock, to Washington when he warned him of the savages. 

108. Virtues and victories of peace are far above 
the virtues and victories of war. — iSiunner. 

104. We'll fight it out on this line if it takes all 
summer. — Grant. 

105. We have met the enemy and they are ours. 

—Oliver H. Perry's dispatch to General Harri.son. 

106. W^e have lived long, but this is the noblest 
work of our lives.— 

Livingstone said of the Louisiana purchase. 

107. We have met on the broad pathway of 
faith and goodwill. — 

Penn in his speech to the Indians when he made his famous treaty. 



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108. Whom can we trust ? 

Major Andre, when captured as a spy. 

109. Well boys, you've had a fine night for your 
Indian caper, but mind, you've got to pay the 
fiddler yet. — 

Montague, to the Boston Tea Party. 

110. With malice toward none, with charity for 
al 1 . — A h vd h a m Lincoln . 

111. When 1 get to America I'll find elbow 
room . — General Burgoyne . 

112. W^e inust hang together. — 

John Hancock, when signing the Declaration of Independ ence. 

113. W^hile the rivers run and the bun shines, 
we will live in peace with the children of Wm.Penn. 

—The chief's reply to Wm. Penn. 

114. Welcome !— 

Samoset, when the English came. 

115. We will hold the town till we starve.— 

Gen. Thomas's telegram to Grant, who was afraid that Thomas 
would surrender before he could arrive and had telegraphed him 
to hold fast. 

116. We are one nation to-day and thirteen 
to-morrow. — 

Washington, referring to the Articles of Confederation. 

117. We are as near Heaven by sea as by land. 

—Gilbert, in a storm at sea. 

118. You see, gentlemen, I have grown blind as 
well as gray in your service. — Wa.shington. 

119. You are young and have the world before 
you; stoop as you go through it and you will miss 
many a hard thump. — 

Advice to Benjamin Franklin when he bumped his head while 
passing through a doorway. Given by Rtv. Cotton Mather. 

120. You and I were long friends; you are now 



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my enemy and I am yours.— 

Benjamin Franklin's letter toStrahan. 

121. You have no right to 

Pitt, in a speech in the House of Commons, on the Stamp Act. 

Epigrams of the Late War. 

1 Admiral, you are a brave man. Your country 
can do you honor. — 

Commodore Schley's reply to Admiral Cervera when he said Quo- 
tation 7. 

2. Ah, sailors are always gentlemen. - 

Admiral Cervera, to Evans and Schley, in answer to the above. 

3. Don't swear, boys, shoot! — 

Colonel Wood, to the Rough Riders. 

4. Don't mind me, boys, go on fighting.— 

Captain Allyuk Capron, of the Rough Riders. 

5. Fire steady, boys, and give it to them. --ScJiIey. 

6. I've got them and they will never get home. 

— Schley, on guard at Santiago Harbor. 

7. I shall go back to Spain and be killed, or die 
in disgrace. — 

Admiral Cervera, to Kvans and Schley, in the cabin of the Iowa. 

8. Remember the Maine. — 

Commodore Schley's signal to the Flying vSquadron. 

9. Take that for the Ma,ine .—Captain Sigshec. 

10. The Maine is avenged,— 

lyieutenant Wainwright, of the destruction of Cervera's fleet. 

11. There is glory enough to go all around. — 
Coiumodnre Schley. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



Historical Poems by American Writers. 

1. ''Battle of the Kegs." F. Hopkinson. 

2. " Blue and the Gray." F. M. Finch. 

8. " Battle of Manila Bay." Written on flag- 
ship Olympia by Lieutenant Corwin P. Rees. 

4. "Deathof Benedict Arnold." T. C. Harbaugh. 

5. "Death of Ellsworth." Mary T. Webber. 

6. "Evangeline." Longfellow. 

7. "Flower of Liberty." Holmes. 

8. "Hail Columbia." Joseph Hopkinson. 

9. "Heroes of the Maine." James O'Dea. 

10. "Ironsides." Holmes. 

11. "John Brown." Stedman. 

12. "Johnstown Horror." Whiteshield. 

13. "Kit Carson's Ride." Joaquin Miller. 

11. "Kissed by LaFayette." T. C. Harbaugh. 

15. "Landing of the Pilgrims." F. D. Hemans. 

16. "Paul Revere's Ride." Longfellow. 

17. "Rough Riders at San Juan." N.B . Spencer. 

18. "Star Spangled Banner." F. S. Key. 

19. "Sheridan's Ride." T. B. Reade. 

20. "The Seer of Lexington." Mary M. Chase. 

21. "The Drummer Boy." Trowbridge. 

22. "The Little Drummer." Stoddard. 

28. "The Angel of Buena Vista." Whittier. 

24. "Under the Old Elm." Longfellow. 

25. "Yorktown." Whittier. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



Historical Trees. 

1. Ash, planted at Mt. Vernon by Washington. 

2. Apple, where Grant and Lee made their 
terms of surrender. 

3. Apple, in New York, where Nathan Hale 
amid cruel jeers, was hanged like a dog. 

4. BuRGOYNE Elm, at Albany, N. Y., planted 
the day after the surrender of Burgoyne. 

5. Black Walnut, Haverstraw on the Hudson, 
where Gen. Wayne at midnight planned a success- 
ful attack on Stony Point. 

6. Cypress, under which George Washington 
reposed one night in his young manhood. 

7. Charter Oak, at Hartford, which preserved 
the written guarantee of the liberties of the col- 
onies of Connecticut. 

8. Cherry, seven miles soaith of New Lisbon, 
where Gen. Morgan surrendered July 26, 1863. 

9. Elm, at Philadelphia, where Penn msde his 
famous treaty with nineteen tribes of barbarians. 

10. Elm, at Cambridge, where Washington took 
command of the Continental army on a hot sum- 
mer day, July 80, 1775. 

11. Liberty, was a wide, spreading live oak, 
a little north of Mr. Gadsden's residence, Charles- 
ton, South Carolina, where the patriots assembled 
during the summer and autumn of 1765, to discuss 
the political questions of the day. 

12. Liberty, was an elm in Boston, INIassachu- 
setts, known for political gatherings. 

13. Oak, on Long Island, under which George 
Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends, preached. 



Questions on U. S. History. 



14. The Surrender Tree, under which Pem- 
berton surrendered Vicksburg to Grant, July 4, 
1863. This tree was destroyed by relic hunters, 
but there is a monument erected to mark the spot. 

Queer Phrases and Nicknames of the 
Presidents and Prominent Persons. 

Washington. The Father of his Country. Colonel 

Buckskin. American Fabius. Cincinnatus of the 

West. Town Destroyer, 
John fldams. Colossus of Independence. Sage of 

Quincy. The Firm Federalist. 
Jefferson. Writer of the Declaration of Independ- 
ence. Sage of Monticello. Father of Democracy. 

Father of the University of Virginia. Long Tom. 
Madisop. The True Republican. Father of the 

Constitution. 
Monroe. Honest Man. The Poor. Spotless President. 
J. Q. Adams. The Old Man Eloquent. Walking 

Encyclopedia. 
JacKson. Old Hickory. Hero of New Orleans. The 

Fighting President. 
VcQ Buren. Sage of Kinderhook. The Shrewd 

Statesman. Little Magician. 
Wnn. H- Harrison. Log Cabin Candidate. Hero of 

Tippecanoe. Old Tipp. Washington of the West. 
Tyler. Accidental President. Corporal. Township 

Supervisor. 
PolK. Young Hickory. Napoleon of the Stump. 
Taylor. Old Rough and Ready. Hero of the Rio 

Grande. Old Buena Vista. Old Zack. 
pillnnore. Second Accidental President. 
Pierce. Purse. Yankee President. 
Buchanan. Bachelor President. Old Buck. Old 

Public Functionary. 
Lincoir). Father of Emancipation. Honest Old Abe. 

Mcissa Linkum. Bail Splitter. Long Nine. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



JohnsoQ. Third Accidental President. Learned 
Tailor. Independent President. 

Grant. Silent Man of Destiny. Unconditional Sur- 
render. Hero of Appomattox. 

Hayes. Dark Horse President. Policy President. 

Garfield. Teaclier President. Towpath Boy. Erie 
Canal Boy. Martyr President. 

Arthur. Fourth Accidental President. Stalwart 
President. 

BeojamiQ liarrisoQ. Son of his Grandfather. Lit- 
tle Ben. 

ClevelaQd. Man of Destiny. Reformed President. 
Old Grover. Mayor President. Returned Presi- 
dent. (2nd term.) 

McKiQley. Tarifl President. War President. 
Teacher President. 

Prominent Persons. 

Samuel Adams. Man of the Town-Meeting. Amer- 
ican Cato. The Leader of the Massachusetts 
Triumvirate. Father of the Revolution. 

Edmund Andros. Tyrant of New England. 

John Randolph. Political Meteor of Congress. 

William Allen. Ohio Gong. 

John Burgoyne. Elbow Room. 

John Brown. Old Ossawattomie. 

James G. Blaine. Plumed Knight. 

Thomas. Rock of Chickamauga. Old Pap. 

Calvin S. Brice. Rainbow Chaser. 

Thomas H, Benton. Old Bullion. 

Benjamin Butler. Silver Spoon. 

Henry Clay. Peacemaker. Millboy of the Slashes. 
Judas of the West, Magnetic Statesman, Silver 
Tongued Orator. 

John C. Calhoun. Iron Man. 

Thomas Corwin. Wagon Boy. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



Stephen A. Douglas. Little Giant. 

John Eliot. Indian Apostle. 

Edison. Wizard of Electricity. 

John C. Fremont. Pathfinder of the Rockies. 

Alexander Smith. Alexander the Coppersmith. 

Joseph Hooker. Fighting Joe. 

Thomas Hooker. Light of the Western Churches, 

William R. King. Miss Nancy. 

Richard Henry Lee. Light Horse Harry. 

Francis Marion. Swamp Fox. 

Robert Morris. Patriot Financier. 

George H. Pendleton. Gentlemen George. 

Pocahontas. Lady Rebecca. 

Molly Pitcher. Major Pitcher. 

Israel Putnam. Old Put. 

John Randolph. Little David. 

Charlie Ross. Lost Child of America. 

Miles Standish. Hero of New England. 

Geo. B. McClellan. Young Napoleon. Little Mac. 

Patrick Henry. Natural Orator of the Republic. 

John A. Logan. Black Eagle of Illinois. Black Jack, 

Raphael Semmes. Paul Jones of the Civil War, 

Peter Stuyvesant. Silver Leg, Wooden Leg. 

Jonathan Trumbull. The Pillar of Washington. 

Brother Jonathan. 
Ellsworth. The Pillar of Washington administration. 
Allen G. Thurman. Old Roman, 
Samuel Tilden. Sage of Greystone, 
Daniel W. Vorhees. Tall Sycamore of the Wabash, 
Daniel Morgan. The Good General. 
Daniel Webster. Expounder of the Constitution. 

American Demosthenes. 



Questions on U. S. History. 123 

Henry Longfellow, Lyric Poet. 

Wm. C. Bryant. Poet of Nature. 

W. Irving. Prince of America. 

T. Stephens. Great American Commoner. 

W. Carleton. Farmer's Poet. 

R. Y. Hayne. Silver Tongued Orator. 

Chas. Thomson. Secretary of Continental Congress. 

E. Kane. Mad Yankee. 

Noah Webster. Schoolmaster of our Republic. 

Richard Peters. Great Revolutionary Financier. 

Benjamin Franklin. Poor Richard. Colonial Spokes- 
man at the Court of the King. (He stood before 
five kings and dined with two. Read Proverbs 
22:29.) 

W. T. Sherman. Old Tecum seh. 

Gen. Longstreet. Old War Horse. 

Gen. Scott. Old Fuss and Feathers. 

Robt. E. Lee. Uncle Rob. 

Wm. Pitt. Great Commodore. The Friend of 
America. 

Anthony Wayne. Mad Anthony. Sleepless Thief. 

John G. Whitter. Quaker Poet. Slaves' Poet. Poet 
of Freedom. 

John Bartram. Quaker Botanist of Philadelphia. 

Oliver Wendell Holmes. American Laureate. 

Christopher Columbus. Viceroy of the New World. 
Admiral of Musquito Land. 

King Philip. Terrible Warrior. 

Alexander Hamilton. The Moses of Colonial Fi- 
nance. The Builder of the Constitution. 

Wm. Penn. Quaker King. 

Rev. John Cotton. Patriot of New England. 



QuESTroNs ON U. S. History. 



Marcus A. Hanna. Boss. 

Wm. Brewster. Excellent Elder of Plymouth. 

Henry Knox. Book Seller of Boston. 

Charles Lee. Boiling Water. 

Seward. Irrepressible Conflict. 

Geo. H. Pendleten. Gentleman George. 

Henry Cobler. Natrett Cobbler. 

Geo. H, Thomas. Sledge of Nashville. 

Roger Bacon. Wonderful Doctor. 

Endicott. Man of Dauntless Courage. 

Benjamin Church. Warrior Pilgrim. 

Washingston Allston. Poet Painter. Painter Poet. 

" Fathers." 

Father of the University of Virginia. Father of 

Democracy. The Penman of Independence. 

T h o m as J e ff e rs o n . 
Father of our Country. George Washington. 
Father of Emancipation. Abe Lincoln. 
Father of American History. Gov. Bradford. 
Father of New France. Champlain. 
Father of Alaska. Wm. H. Seward. 
Father of Greenbacks. Salmon P. Chase. 
Father of U. S. Survey System. Thomas Jefferson 

and Albert Gallatin. 
Father of Banks. Robert Morris and Gouverneur 

Morris. 
Father of the Constitutution. James Madison. 
Father of Exploration. Columbus. 
Father of Resumption. John Sherman. 
Father of the Revolution. Samuel Adams. 
Father Schley. Commodore Schley. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. I25 

Drafters of the Declaration of Independence. 

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Frank- 
lin, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston. 

** Ohio Jewels." 

statues in the Statehouse yard at Columbus. 

U. S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Wm. Tecum- 
seh Sherman, Philip Sheridan, James A. Garfield, 
Salmon P. Chase, Edwin M. Stanton. 

Poor Boy Presidents. 

Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, Abraham Lin- 
coln, Andrew Johnson, U. S. Grant, James A. 
Garfield. 

Teacher Presidents. 
James A. Garfield, Wm. McKinley. 

Other Curious Phrases and Nicknames. 

1. Pilgrims, Separatists, Independents, Puritans. 
Settlers of Massachusetts. 

2. Quakers. Friends. 

3. Forefather's Rock. On the shore west of 
Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 

4. Plymouth Rock. "The stepping stone of New 
England," where the Pilgrims landed. 

5. Starved Rock. On the Illinois River. 

6. Plains of Abraham. Plains in front of Quebec. 

7. Grand Model. Locke's scheme of government, 

8. Cradle of Liberty. Faneuil Hall, Boston. 

9. Carpenter's Hail. Philadelphia. 
10.. Independence Hall. Philadelphia. 

11. Federal Hall. New York City, where Wash- 
ington took the oath of office April 30, 1789. 

12. Secession Hall. Charleston, S. C. 



126 QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

13. Latter-Day Saints. Mormons. Founded by- 
Joe Smith. 

14. Sons of Liberty. Party for independence. 

15. Minute Men. Revolutionary soldiers. 

16. Tory. Supporter of colonial dependence. 

17. Whig. Supporter of colonial independence. 

18. Yankees. Colonial soldiers. 

19. Liberty Bell. Independence Hall, Philadel'a. 

20. Liberty Tree. An elm tree in Boston. 

21. Woman's Crusade. A temperance movement 
organized by women. 

22. Pan-American Congress. A convention of 
sixty-six delegates representing eighteen American 
governments. Met in Washington December 1889. 
The object was to form a closer relation, politically 
and commercially. 

23. North Church Tower. Where John Pulling 
displayed the signal lights for Paul Revere. 

24. Old South Church. Where Sewall made his 
confession; also where the Boston "Tea Party" was 
organized from a rousing speech delivered by Josiah 
Quincy Jr. (See Lossing's History, page 188.) 

25. Second War of Independence. 1812. 

26. Fifty Four Forty, or Fight. A party cry. 

27. Nullifiers. Followers of Calhoun. 

28. Henry Affairs. Pertaining to New Eng.1812. 

29. Great Law. Penn's constitution for Pa. 

30. X. Y. Z. Correspondence with France 1797. 

31. Barn-Burners. Democrats favoring the Wil- 
mot Proviso. 

32. Hunkers. Democrats opposed to the above. 

33. Silver-Greys, or Snuff-Takers, Democratic 
supporters of Clay's Compromise. 

34. Wooly-Heads. Democrats opposed to above. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



35. Stepfather of his Country. Washington was 
called by the Anti-Federalists. 

36. Burrites, Followers of Burr, in 1800, 

37. Hard and Soft ShelL Names given to the 
Democrats in 1850. 

38. Corporal Guard. Whig supporters of Tyler. 

39. Buck Tails. Republicans in 1812. 

J:0. Locofocos. Democrats in Tammany Hall. 

il. Quids. Followers of John Randolph. 

12. Clintonians. Federal supporters of Clinton. 

43. Yazoo Frauds. Western territory of Ga. 

11. Scalawags and Carpet-Baggers. Southern 
sympathizers, of which the latter were northern 
men seeking office in the South. 

45. Gag-Laws. Bills concerning slavery. 

46. Red Cross Society. Organized March, 1882, 
by the Senate, as a "system of national relief" for 
suffering arising from pestilence, famine and other 
calamities. It did great service during our Span- 
ish conflict. 

47. Ku-Klux-Klan. A Southern secret society. 

48. Knights of Golden Circle. A Northern or- 
ganization opposed to the war. 

49. Boys in Gray, or Johnnies. Confederate soldiers. 

50. Dough faces. Copperheads. Supporters of 
Southern policy. 

51. Mugwumps. Independent Republicans 1884. 

52. Military Picnic. Sherman's march to the Sea. 

53. Battle above the Clouds. Lookout Mt. 

54. Boys in Blue, or Yankees. Union soldiers. 

55. Monroe Doctrine. 1823. 

56. Kitchen Cabinet. Jackson's cabinet, 1832. 
A name given by the opponents of Jackson. 



QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 



57. Squatter Sovereignity. Douglass. 

58. Rough Riders. Conflict on Cuba. 

59. Spanish American Conflict. 1898. 

The Politics of the Presidents, 

1. George Washington, Federalist. 

2. John Adams, " 

3. Thomas Jefferson, Republican. 

4. James Madison, " 

5. James Monroe, " 

6. John Quincy Adams, Whig. 

7. Andrew Jackson, Democrat. 

8. Martin Van Buren, " 

9. William H. Harrison, Whig. 

10. John Tyler, 

11. James K. Polk, Democrat. 

12. Zachary Taylor, Whig. 

13. Millard Fillmore, " 

14. Franklin Pierce, Democrat. 

15. James Buchanan, '' 

16. Abraham Lincoln, Republican. 

17. Andrew Johnson, 

18. Ulysses S. Grant, 

19. Rutherford B. Hayes, 

20. James A. Garfield, 

21. Chester A. Arthur, 

22. Grover Cleveland, Democrat. 

23. Benjamin Harrison, Republican. 

24. Grover Cleveland, Democrat. 

25. William McKinley, Republican. 



QuKsiioNs ON U. S. History. 129 

Eventful Friday. 

1. Columbus started from Palos, Friday, Aug. 8. 

2. Columbus discovered America, Friday, Oct. 12. 

3. Mayflower landed on Friday. 

4. The first law-making body of America met in 
a church at Jamestown, Va., Friday, July 80, IGIO. 

5. Washington was born on Friday. 

6. Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on Friday. 

7. Battle of New Orleans was fought on Friday. 

8. The Declaration of Independence was signed 
on Friday. 

9. Fort Sumter was bombarded on Friday. 

10. Richmond was evacuated on Friday. "***" 

11. Lincoln was assassinated on Good Friday. 

12. Fifiancial Panic of 1873 was on Black Friday. 

13. J.Q.Adams, Pierce and Garfield were in- 
augurated on Friday. 

14. Maine inquiry reported on Friday. 

15. Hobson sank the Merrimac on Friday. 

16. Battle of LaQuasina by the Rough Riders on 
Friday. 

17. Stars and Stripes were planted on Cuba at 
Guantanamo, Friday, June 10, 1898. 

18. Battle of Santiago de Cuba on Friday. 

19. Protocal was signed at Washington, on Fri- 
day, August 12, 1898. 

General History. 

1. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on Friday. 

2. King Charles I was beheaded on Friday. 

8. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake on Friday. 

4. Shakspeare was born on Friday. 

5. Moscow was burned on Friday. 

6. Battle of Morengo was fought on Friday. 

7. The Bastile was destroyed on Friday. 

8. Queen Victoria was married on Friday. 

9. Battle of Waterloo was fought on Friday. 



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ANSWERS 



NOTE— The following abbreviations are used in reference : Ec, 
Eclectic History ; G., Goodrich ; Rid., Kidpath ; McC. McCabe ; M , 
Montgomery; B., Barnes; L. Lossing ; L. E. A. Lossing's "Emi- 
nent Americans" ; McM., McMaster. 

Epoch I. — 1492. — Prehistoric Ages. 

1. History is the record of important events. Its 
sources are relics, tradition and records. The facul- 
ties are memory, imagination and reasoning, or the 
power of discrimination, comparison, and the moral 
faculties in general. 

li. Six. 
' .H. In the basins of the Mississippi River there are 
(l)traces of people who left behind them ancient 
wares, and (2)huge and singular elevations of earth: 
many were burial mounds and others may have served 
as foundations for watch towers, signal stations, and 
places for worship and sacritice. "The most exten- 
sive and intricate, as well as the most interesting, in 
the U. 8.— perhaps, in the world," —are those of 
"Newark, Ohio, on the Central Ohio Railroad, and the 
Ohio Canal. There is also a large one in Adams 
County, Ohio, near Marietta.— See "Ten Tribes of 
Israel," by Timothy R. Jenkins, p. 331. Ec, p. 10, 
and Orton's Geological Survey. 

4. A tradition that is still preserved in China. 
—See Ec. (old ed.)p. 10. Rid., 1511- 

5. Iceland. Herjulfson, in the year 986 A. D.,was 
the first to see the "Western Continent. — See Ec. p. 
12. G., p. 17. 

6. Snorri was a Northman born on this continent. 
Thorfinn Karlsefne was an adventurer who made 
many voyages to Vineland.— See Ec. p. 12. G.. p. 17. 



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7. Icelanders under Eric the Red, the chief, dis- 
covered Greenland in A. D.985, and by adverse winds 
Herjulfson (one of Eric's comrades), was driven out 
of his way and discovered the mainland of North 
America, in 986.— See ques. 4, p. 1. Ec, p. 12. G., 
p. 16. Ridpath, p. 15. 

8. The Indians, (who were thus named by Colum- 
bus), had a copper color, straight, shining black hair 
and high cheek bones, and were of a warlike charac- 
ter. The Mound Builders do not belong to the Indian 
race. They were a race of people more intelligent, 
somewhat advanced in the arts and sciences, partic- 
ularly mathematics; for example, the shape of the 
mounds and tools show exactness which the Indians 
could not do, and the remains indicate commerce be- 
yond savagery. Ec, p. 17. 

9. Atlantic Coast. Central Valley. Great Plains. 
Pacific Coast. 

10. It was very superstitious. Dancing and sing- 
ing were important parts of their religion, and these 
would continue for several days. They may have 
crossed Beliring Sea from Asia. They may have been 
the lost tribe of Israel. They may have drifted 
across the Pacific Ocean. — See Jenkins' "Ten Tribes 
of Israel." 

11. Theories respecting the earth's^ surface.— See 
McC.p. 45 

12. Born at Genoa, Italy, in 1435. His parents 
were poor. His father was a wool-comber. He was 
sent to the University of Pavia for three years" early 
education and training for the sea; went among tlie 
pirates of the Mediterranean Sea, and afterwards be- 
came a rover in other waters. He applied for aid, 



132 Answers on u. s. history. 

first, at the Republic of Genoa, but was refused ; 
second, at Venice with a like result; third, of John 
II., king of Portugal, and was delayed; fourth, of 
Henry VII., king of England, and got a decided re- 
fusal, and fifth, quitting Lis'ion in 1484, he laid his 
plans before Ferdinand and Isabella, of Spain, and 
succeeded. He was intensely religious. On his first 
voyage( August 3 to October 4, 1492,) he went to the 
Canary Islands, San Salvador, (Cat Island), Cuba, 
Hayti and others; second, 1493, to Windward, Ja- 
maica and Porto Rico and planted a colony on Hayti; 
third, 1498, reached South America and was sent 
home in chains; fourth, 1502-4, he searched for a 
route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Died 1506. 

Epoch II., 1492-1607. Period of Discovery. 

13. —16. Columbus with his three vessels, Santa 
Maria, Pinta and Nina, and one hundred twenty 
men, sailed westward from Palos, Spain, on the 
morning of Friday, August, 3, 1492. They reached 
the Canary Islands about a month later, and after a 
brief delay in refitting the rudder of the Pinta, 
(which was broken purposely on the third day by 
the crew, hoping this would furnish an excuse for 
returning home), they resumed their voyage until 
Friday, October 12, 1492, when he landed at Cat Is., 
(San Salvador). If he had not changed his course by 
following a flock of birds and listening to his sailors, 
he would have discovered the mainland of America. 

17. Herjulfson A. D. 985.— See Ridpath, p. 15. 
John Cabot, June 24. 1497.— See Ec, p. 33. 

18. In the year 1507, Waldseemueller, a German 
professor, printed a little book entitled "An Intro 



Answers on u. s. history. 



duction to Geography," giving an account of Ameri- 
go Vespucci's voyages. From the suggestion made 
by him, "That the fourth part of the world having 
been discovered by Amerigo," the name America 
was thus given to our country.— See M.. p. 20, ^15, 
note 5. 

19. Only promises and disappointment. Yes. For 
the general awakening of intellectual Europe for 
new discoveries, 

20. No. She equipped two vessels with one hun- 
dred twenty men. 

21. 22. See Reference, Explorers, pp. 72-74. 

23. See Reference, Spanish Explorers, p. 72. No. 1. 

24. " " " ''p. 72. No. 10-11. 
2o. " " English " p. 72. No. 6. 

Ec. p. 41. Rid. p. 39. B. p. 36. 

2G. Jamestown, Virginia, 1607. In honor of King 
James. 

27. New Amsterdam, (New York). 1614. 

28. Port Royal, Nova Scotia, 1605, was the first in 
America, by DeMonts; St. Mary's, Michigan, 1668, 
was the first in the United States. Quebec was the 
second French settlement in America, 1608. 

29. See Reference, pp. 72-74. 

30. Coronado.— See Ec, p. 3.^. 

31. See Reference, pp. 72-74. 

32. " " p. 72. Spaniards No. 4. 

33. John Mandeville, A. D. 1356. 

34. See Reference, p. 73. French. No. 9. 

35. Samuel de ('hamplain. 

36. See Ec. (old ed.) p. 30, ^46. 

37. Southern portion.— See M., pp. 29-30 ^22. 

38. LaSalle, February 1682.— See M., p. 127. §133. 
Reference, French, p. 73, No. II. 



134 Answers on U. S. History. 

Epoch III., 1607-1775— Colonial Period. 
London Company. 

39. King James I. 1606. See Ec, p. 42 ^60-61. 

40. Anywhere between Cape Fear and the eastern 
end of Long Island. 

41. Three. Firsti-The Company was to hold its 
lands free of any military or other service to the 
King, but were to give the fifth part of any precious 
metals they might tind. Second:-Each colony was 
to be governed by a council appointed by the King. 
Third:-The settlers were to enjoy all the rights and 
privileges of English citizens at home. — See M., p. 
51§46. 

42. John Smith accompanied the lirst English ex- 
pedition which successfully planted a colony in 
America. This was Jamestown. He was rescued 
from death by Pocahontas. He wrote the first book 
in America, "True Kelation of Virginia." Died in 
London 1631. -See Lossing's E. A., p. 34. Christopher 
Newport was commander of the ships sent out by 
the London Company, which came to Jamestown.— 
Ec, p. 43. 

43. See Reference, pp. 102, 122, 124. Read Ans. 51. 
Ec , p. 47. 

44. It met at Jamestown, Virginia, on Friday, 
July 30, 1619, and was called the "Council of Bur- 
gesses." Sir George Yeardley. — See M., p. 58. 
Ec, p. 47. 

45. About the last of August, 1619, a Dutch man 
of-war sold twenty negroes. This was the beginning 
of African slavery.— See Outline of Slavery, p. 89. 
M.; p. 59. 

46. See Reference, Famous Sayings, p. 112, No. 81. 



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47. See Ref., Rebellions, p. 75, No. 2. Ans. 114. 

48. " " " p. 75, No. 1. '* '' 

49. In honor of Elizabeth, "the Virgin Queen." 
In honor of Henrietta Maria.— See Ec, p. 42 and 75. 

50 See Reference, Acts of Great Britain, p. 77. 
Ec, p. 81. B., p. 51. 

51. 1G09 to 1610, starving time. Pocahontas mar- 
ries John Rolfe. 1621, first written constitution 
granted by the crown. 1619, slavery introduced by 
the Dutch. Indian massacres at Jamestown.— See 
Reference p. 74. Bacon's Rebellion, p. 75, No. 2. 

52. Indolent and wealth-seeking people. 

53. Virginia Dare. Ec, (old ed.) p. 41, note 5. 
L. E. A.,p. 53. 

54-55. Maryland was granted to the Calverts, by 
Charles I., in 1632. It was a refuge for Catholics- 
See Ec, p. 51. 

56. It is in the Chesapeake Bay.— See Ref., Re- 
bellions, p. 75. Ec, p. 50. 

Plymouth Compaay. 

57. 1620. By a company of one hundred two, men, 
women and children, called Puritans.-See G., p. 55. 
Old date, December 11,— new date December 21.— 
See Ec, p. 57, note 3. 

58. The Pilgrims were so called because of their 
wandering. When they separated themselves from 
the Church of England, they were called Separatists, 
and Independents, and Puritans. Not being allowed 
to worship, they fled to Holland where they lived 
twelve years. Their pastor was Rev. John Robinson. 
—See G., p. 55. B., p. 53, note. 

59-60. Because they were not allowed to worship 
in peace. After they separated from the Church of 
England, they became exposed to a religious perse- 



136 Answers on u. s. history. 

cution which drove them to Amsterdam, Holland, in 
1607. where they remained for twelve years. They 
were dissatisfied, and procured a vessel— the Speed- 
well- and embarked for Southampton, England, 
where they were joined by a company of their Puri- 
tan friends from London. They sailed for America 
in a vessel called the Mayflower, and landed Decem- 
ber 21, 1620. That was a severe winter. known as the 
''Starving time''. They were the first to have 
Thanksgiving in America. — See G., p. 56. 

61. John Carver. In the cabin of the Mayflower. 

62. Miles Standish, ''Hero of New England", 
joined the Pilgrim flock at Leyden and came to 
America. He was the second man who stepped upon 
the Plymouth Rock, or Forefather's Rock. Benja- 
min Church, '-Warrior Pilgrim of the Mayflower", in 
the spring of 1676 completely broke the power of the 
New England tribes, and with his sword cut off the 
head of the dead sachem,— King Philip.— See Loss- 
Ing's E. A., p. 121. King Philip's quot., p. 112, no. 63. 

63. William Bradford. 1621. 

64. For full answer see Indian Chiefs, p. 101, no. 3. 

Salem and Other New England Colonies. 

65. About eight years. John Endicott, 1629. — 
SeeEc, p. 60. 

66. Massachusetts Bay, 41° to 49° N. lat. 1680. 
— SeeG., p. 74. 

67. It was caused by the people of Massachu- 
setts Bay who were unwilling to receive persons 
holding opinions differing from their own, and 
would allow only members of their own church to 
vote for civil offices. 



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68-9. Roger Williams, the champion of toleration, 
was the first pastor of a church in Salem, Mass. 
There he asserted, first, That an oath ought not to 
be administered to an unregenerated man; second. 
That a christian ought not to pray with an unre- 
generated man ; third, That ''grace" at the table 
ought to be omitted ; fourth, That the Massachu- 
setts charter was void, because the land had not 
been purchased from the Indians. He was ban- 
ished, 1685, for above assertions. John Davenport 
and Wm. Goddington were banished, also, and Anne 
Hutcliinson was burned at the stake. — See Ec, p. 
68. M., p. 84. B., p. 57. 

70. Newtown, now Cambridge, Mass. See Ref., 
Colleges, p. 92, no. 1. 

71. This war was caused by the early settlers 
who illtreated tie Indians. See Ref., Indian Chiefs 
p. 101. Wars, p. 75, no. 1. 

72. The league of the four governments, Massa- 
chusetts, Connecticut, New Haven and Plymouth, 
and lasted forty years. "The first written consti- 
tution adopted by a free people was in the cabin of 
the Mayflower," 1620. — See Lossing's E. A., p. 14, 
n. 1. In July, 1621, an ordinance was passed crea- 
ting a written constitution for the Virginia colony, 
which was the first of the kind in America. — See 
Henry's ' Voice of the People," p. 18. In 1689 a 
constitution was framed for the Connecticut colony. 
This was the first written constitution ever framed 
in America — See Ec, p. 64. B., p. 59, 

78. George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, was 
the founder of the Friends Society. Like the Puri- 
tans, they were the outgrowth of independent 
religion. Arrived in Boston in 1656. 

74. It was obtained by Williams, and confirmed 
in 1654, 



138 Answkrs on u. s. history, 

75. John Eliot gave his earnings to the poor. 
He translated the Bible into the Indian language.- 
See Ec. H., p. 66. Thomas Hooker, see Reference, 
Nicknames, p. 122. Ec, p. 69, n. 

76. The cause was jealousy of the whites by the 
Wampanoags. The Indians were defeated. — See 
Ref., Wars, p. 75. no. 8. 

77. See Famous Sayings, p. 112, no. 63. 

78. The first printing press was set up in the 
Harvard College president's house, January, 1639. 
Freeman's Oath. Stephen Day. — See L. 

79. Cambridge, Mass. The first printing press 
in America was set up in the City of Mexico, 1535; 
the second at Lima, Peru, 1586, and the third at 
Harvard College. 

80. Discovered on St. Lawrence day. Because 
it means peaceful and quiet. Discovered on Easter 
Sunday(Pascua Florida). Discovered on St. Angus- 
tine Day. In honor of Elizabeth, the "Virgin 
Queen." Pilgrims and Puritans, -see Ans. 58. p. 135. 
In honor of King James. In honor of Henrietta 
Maria. 

81. See Queer Phrases. Etc., p's. 122, 123, 124. 

82. It was a compact signed in the cabin of the 
Mayflower, 1620. — See Ec. , p. 54, and Henry's 
"Voice of the People." 

Dutch Colony. 

83. It was the foremost maritine nation on the 
globe during the seventeenth century. — Ec, p. 70. 

84. The Dutch East India Company was char- 
tered in 1602, with the exclusive right of commerce 
beyond the Cape of Good Hope on one side, and the 
Strait of Magellan on the other. — See Ec. (old ed.), 
p. 73, n. 2. The London Company was chartered in 
1606, by King James I., to establish a colony be- 



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139 



tweeii Cape Fear and the east end of Lono- Is. It 
vva.s called the Entrli.sh Company, also. 

NoTK— The Dutch West India Company was a great monopoly 
formed to promote emigration to the New Netherlands. Patroons 
were proprietary lords who owned large tracts of land, and opened 
free passage from Kurope to the colony, for skilled mechanics — 
See Ec. (old ed.), p. 66. 

85. Born, it is believed, in Bristol, Eng. Sought 
for the Northeast Passage 1607 09. He sailed at 
the expense of the Dutch East India Company. 
In Sept., 1609, he explored the Hudson, or ' Rhine 
of America," and the bay. The sailors mutinied 
and placed him, with liis son and some others that 
adhered to him, in a smnll boat at the mercy of the 
waves. 

86-7. See above. Dutch Colony, Ans. 84, note. 

88. He built a ship, called the Unrest, and 
cruised through Long Is. Sound, discovering Block 
Is., and Housatonic and Connecticut Rivers 1614. 
—See Ec, p. 70. 

89. Manhattan is an Indian word meaning crazy. 
It was purchased of the Indians, by Gov. Minuit, 
1626, for about twenty-four dol]ars,-nearly one mill 
per acre.— See B., p. 65 

90.^ In the spring of 16JJ8, the plans of the Swed- 
ish King, Adolphus, for establishing a refuge from 
wars and oppression, were taken up and they en- 
tered Delaware Bay the same year.-See Ec, p.'72. 

91. It was formerly New Netherlands; named 
in honor of Duke of York; first settlement at New 
Amsterdam, or New York, 1614, and later at Fort 
Orange, or Albany; England secures New York, 
1664; reclaimed by the Dutch and held fifteen 
months, 1678. Government was always bad. 

92. Peter Minuit, 1624-88. Wouter Van Twiller, 
1688-87. Wm. Kieft. 1687-47. Peter Stuyvesant, 
1687-64. 



140 Answers on u. s. history. 

98. Peter Stuyvesaiit. Wouter Van Twiller. 
94-95. See above, Dutch Col. Alls. 91. Ec.,p.74. 

96. New Jersey. 

97. He was born in London, 1644. In 1681 he 
received, as payment for a debt, of King Charles II, 
a tract of land west of the Delaware River which 
he named Penn's Woods. (Sylvania means forests.) 
In 1682 he bought Delaware of the Duke of York; 
and in 1688 laid out Philydelphia, city of Brotherly 
Love; mt.de the noted treaty with the Iroquois In- 
dians, under the elm tree at rhiladelphia, 1688. 
He died in 1712. Bec.iuse he refused to wear a 
surplice. — See Ec , p. 79, note 5. 

98. He was accused of treasonable correspond- 
ence with James 11, 1692, but by a severe trial, 
proved his innocence.-SeeEc, p. 79, n. 5. Rid., p. 189. 

99-lOU. See Dutch Col. Ans. 97. 

101. See Dutch Col. Ans. 97. It lasted fifty 
years, and was then br.)ken by the white men. 

NoTK — There have been over looo treaties niHde with various 
Iiniiaii tribes and the white man has not tept one of them. 

102. It is in the Museum at Philadelphia. 

108. In \iW)H he was thrown into prison on ac- 
count of a publication. While in prison, he wrote 
the most famous and popular of his books, entitled 
" No Cross, No Crown". In 1701, he left the man- 
agement of his affairs in Peiinsylvania, to his 
(Quaker agent, named Ford, whose villainy virtually 
ruined him. See Famous Sayings, p. 112, No's. 
65 and 118. 

English Revolution. 

104. It was a conflict between the royalty and 
the people. — See Ec, p. 80. 

105. See Ref. Acts, p. 78, no. 4. 

106. He was born in Enghuid, 1599, died 1658. 



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He was a distinguished character in English history. 
In 165U lie was appointed commander-in-chief of 
the army against the Scots, defeated the royal 
forces which led to the death of King Charles I, 
and became Lord Protector of the commonwealth. 
This is known as the Civil War in England. 1658. 

Southern Colonies. 

107. They were grants given by the ruler of a na- 
tion, to colonize a designated portion, while another 
nation would grant the same portion for the same 
purpose. — Sfe Ec, p. 81. 

108. The "Grand Model/' or "'Fundamental Con- 
stitution", was a constitution, or scheme, drawn up 
by the philosopher, John Locke, 1669, containing 
one hundred twenty articles to govern the "Empire 
of Carolina". It soon failed. 

109. Wm. Drummond. In Bacon's Rebellion. 
130. See Ref., Rebellions, p. 75, No. S, and Ans- 
wer No. 111, Southern Colonies. 

111. Sir Edmund Andros was sent by James IL, 
as the first royal governor of New England. He was 
a tyrant , and despised b^^ the colonists who endured 
his oppression for tliree years. After the dethrone- 
ment of his master he was put in jail. 

112. When King James IL declared that the char- 
ter of all the New England colonies should be 
forfeited, Connecticut refused. Gov. Andros, by or- 
der of the king, demanded the charter of the 
Connecticut Assembly, then in session at Hartford, 
and during the debate with the tyrant, the lights 
were suddenly blown out, tlie charter was seized by 
Wm. Wadsworth who hurried from the room and 
hid it in the trunk of a tree. 

113. See ReL, Historical Trees, p. 319, Nos. 18, 
10 and 7. 



142 Answers on u. s. history. 

114. See Ref., Rebellions, p. 75, for dates and 
causes. Results: Clay home's, Calvert's claim sus- 
tained. Bacon's, Berkeley deposed, Jamestown 
burnt, twenty-two rebels hung, Hansford and 
Drummond the Hrst martyrs to liberty. Mon- 
moLitli's Rebellion, in Enghind, was caused by King 
James' nephew, the Duke of Monmouth, who tried 
to seize the crown ; results were, the movement was 
put down, the leader beheaded, and all suspected 
persons sold as servants to work in the tobacco- 
fields of Virginia; these were set free in 1689. 

115-6. See Ref., p. 92. 

117. A Royal Ch irter gave the people leave to 
make their laws and choose their own rulers, so long 
as the}' did nothing contrary to the statues of Eng- 
land. Proprietary, was a government ruled by pro- 
prietors. The colonies under the royal form of 
government were directly subject to the crown. 

lis. See Ref., p. 92. 

Parliamentary Rule. 

119. When King James II. was dethroned, the 
'Whig", or "Liberal", party placed William and 
Mary on the throne. This accession was hailed with 
great joy by the people of New England, who were 
tyrannically treated by Andros.-See Ec, p. 91, and 
Ans. Ill, Dutch Colony. 

120. In 1692, the belief in witchcraft, (or, that a 
person could be possessed by evil spirits), was al- 
most universal. Cotton Mather, who was a firm 
believer in witchcraft, wrote a book on the subject, 
entitled " Wonders of the Invisible World", which 
stimulated authorities to prosecute all suspected 
persons. The delusion commenced at Danvers.and 
spread over the country in the vicinity of Boston. 
The delu ion began by the confessions of some silly 
persons. The accused were Mary and Giles, Cory, 



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Cloyce, Bishop and Borough ; the prosecutors were 
Parris, Mather, Phipps and Sewall. Sewall made 
a confession in the Old South Church, Boston. — See 
Ec, p. 92. The result was, twenty executed and 
over two hundred imprisoned. — See L. E. A., p. 27. 

121. Jacob Leisler was "tlie first martyr to the 
democratic faith in America. " In the spring of 
1689 the dethronement of King James II. became 
known, and a change was made in New York, by 
the people's consent to Leisler assuming the power 
of the governor until a new one should be appoint- 
ed by the crown. When Gov. Sloiighter arrived in 
1(591. he accused Leisler of liigh treaison.'f He was 
tried, found guilty and condemned to death. Slough- 
ter. however, withheld his signature to the death 
warrant, until at a dinner party, which w^as given 
for that purpo.se. lie became drunk and signed the 
fatal w^arrant that suspended upon a gallows Leisler 
and his deputy, Milborne. They were executed 
May 16, JG92. near the spot where Tammany Hall 
now stands. Jvei.^Jer's la^t words were, "" ^^>ep not 
for us, who are departed to our (lod." — St e L.E..\., 
p. 65- For Andros. see Ans. ill Soutliern Col. 

122. First, the death of martyrs. Leisler and Mil- 
bourne, strengthened the popular party against the 
aristocratic class; second. That the government ex- 
ists for the benefit of the people; third. Injustice 
of the .selfish rulers upon the colonies.— v^ee Causes 
of Revolution Epoch IV. 

123. The plans for the union which were drawn 
up by William Penn, 1681, called the "Quaker Lib- 
erty", conceded everything to the people. — See H. 
" Voice of the People", p. 15. The Board of Trade 
in 1696, consisted of five high officers of the crown 
and eight commissioners, to study how to 'make 
the colonies most useful and beneficial to England. 

121:. William Penn. 



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125. A Scotch printer. Benjamin Franklin, 1754. 
— SeeEc, p. 120. 

Note.— Postoflfices were established in 1775, by the second Conti- 
nental Congress —See Henry, p. 122. 

126. See Navigation Acts, p. 78, No. 4. 

127. Queen Anne was a great slave trader, and 
took the contract for supplying the Spanish West 
Indies with African slaves. King William was a 
Whig, and chartered William and Mary's College. 

128. First, ' "Freeman's Oath", by Stephen Day, 
in 1689, at Cambridge, Mass. ; second. ''New Eng- 
land Ahnanac". by Stephen Day; third, a book 
entitled '-Fsalms in Metre", or, '"The Bay Psalm 
Book", by Day, at Cambridge. — See L. E. A. , p. 11. 

129. See Ref., Colleges, p. 92. 

180. 1704, two. 

181. It was founded by James Oglethorpe, at Sav- 
annah, 1788, '"In trust for the poor." 

182. George Fox. John Wesley. 

188. Charles \\'esley opposed slavery, and George 
Whitfield recommended it. 

184. Queen Anne. 

185. See Ans. 120, Parliamentary Rule. 

French Colonies. 

136. See Ref., French Ex., p. 73, No. 1. 

187. Father Marquette, and Joliet, were in search 
of the Mississippi River, which they explored as far 
as the mouth of the Arkansas, and then went back 
to the Lakes. This was the greatest discovery of 
the age. LaSalle, in 1678, built the first ship. Grif- 
fin, that sailed on the Great Lakes. In 1682, he 
sailed down the Mississippi, to the Gulf of Mexico. 

138. Kaskaskia, 1675. 

189. In 1669, by LaSalle. Four years before Mar- 



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quette and Joliet discovered the Mississippi River. 

140. In America, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, in 
1605. In U. S., St. Mary's, Michigan, l(i(58,was the 
first permanent settlement. 

141. John Law, the founder of New Orleans, was 
a famous Scottish financier, and the author of the 
Mississippi Scheme, or the "South Sea Bubble", 
He issued paper shares, stocks and bonds, in the 
name of Law & Co., which were boujjrht by thou- 
sands during the excitement, and which proved to 
be a failure. He was a gambler and died penniless 
at Venice, in 1729. 

142. Quebec, Montreal, Crown Point, Niagara, 
Detroit, Chicago; forts surrounding the (Jreat Lakes. 
—See Ec, p. 101. 

148 Jesuit Fathers.— See Ec, p. 102, n. 1. 

144. Father Marc^uette. 

145. Champlain. 

146. DeSoto was buried by night in the Mississ- 
ippi River, and LaSalle, after several attempts, 
was finally killed by two of his men, on the banks 
of the Trinity River, in Texas, 1687. — See G., pp. 
145-6. Ec, p. 103. 

147. Four. 

Intercolonial Wars. 

148. William, Ann, George, Gld French and Indian. 

149. Because the first three letters of the first 
three w^ords will spell the word "Wag". 

150. King William's ^^'a^ broke out in Europe be- 
tween England and France ; the quarrel of 
succession was taken up by the colonies in Amer- 
ica. 1689-97; treaty, Ryswick. Queen Anne's War 
was declared by England against France and Spain, 
cause succession, 1702; ended in America 1718; 



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treaty, Utrecht. King George's War broke out in 
Europe between England and France ; the quarrel 
of succession was taken up by the colonies in Amer- 
ica, 1744-8 ; ended in America ; treaty, AixiaChapelJe. 
French and Indian War, cause, disputed territory; 
n:A-m, treaty Paris. 

151. Pequod, hatred towards the whites, 1687, Con- 
necticut. Indian War, hatred of whites, 1(548, New- 
Netherlands. King 4'liilip's war, hatred of whites^ 
l()7r)-(). New England. Indian war, hatred of whites, 
1644, Virginia. See above Ans. 150. Yamassee, 
hatred of wliites. April 15, 1715, South Carolina. 
Poiitiac's. see p. U>1. .No. 4. 1768, Northwest Ter. 

152. The Freiictj . 

158. i'enns treaty. This is not strictly correct, 
for it was hnaliy broken by a white man when the 
advantage was taken of PfUii. Carver's treaty, also, 
was never sworn to and never was broken. — See 
Dutch Colony, Ans. lUl. 

154. The trouble was between the Ohio Company 
and t le French governor of Catuida. — See C, p. 147. 

155. The colonies suffered from these years of war. 
They increased the debt of Ureat Britain, and the 
colonies were taxed to pay it. 

156. (ieorge Washington. — See Headley's '"Life of 
Washington", p. 4ii ; and li., p. S3, n. 2. 

157. Dinwiddle was the governor of Virginia, who 
sent Washington, not quite twenty-one years old, 
to learn from the French commander at Fort Le 
BoHuf, on the Alleghany river, his reasons for oc- 
cupying English territory. Venango was another 
French fort on the Alleghany. Half King, with 
three other Indians, and Ciiristopher Gist, an ex- 
perienced bacKwoodsinan, accompanied Washington 
as guide. [In question read King for Moon.] 

158. Great ^leadows was where Washington built 



Answers on u. s. historv. 147 

a fort, calling it Fort Necessity. — See Rid., p. 165. 
Ec, p. JU9. 
159. A convention met at Albany, in 1754, where 
U plan of union, ottered by Benjamin Franklin, was 
bigned by the agents of Massachusetts, Rliode Is- 
land, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, July 
4, the day of Washington's retreat from Fort Ne- 
cessity. Connecticut refused to sign it. This 
document contains the form of the Articles of Con- 
federation and the Constitution of the U. S. — See 
Henry's "Voice of the People'", p. 16. 

160-1. General Braddock, in 1755, with about one 
thousand two hundred men, was surprised l>y a 
body of French and Indians in ambush, within a 
mile of Fort DuQuesne. Here he was killed. His 
grave can be seen a little distance from the National 
Road and about a mile from Fort Necessity, where 
he was buried by night, in the center of the road. 
Washington read the ritual at the funeral service 
by torchlight over him, and ordered the wagons to 
pass over his grave that his body might not fall into 
the hands of the Indians. 

162. Causes, conflict between Ohio Company and 
Canadian settlers, over disputed territory in the 
Ohio Valley ; \A'ashington surrendered at Fort Ne- 
ces.sity, July 4, 1754; Braddock defeated at Fort 
DuQuesne, 1755; English captured Lonisburg, Ti- 
conderoga, Pittsburg and Niagara ; death of \Volfe 
and Montcalm, 1759. 

168. In tlie treaty of Paris, 1768, France surren- 
dered to England all of North America east of the 
Mississippi River. Spain gave Florida in exchange 
for Havana, France gave her eastern possession 
to England, and western to Spain. — See Ec, p. 118, 
5194. 
164. Pontiae, in 1762, conceived the design of uni- 
ting all the tribes from the Alleghanies to the 



148 Answers on u. s. history. 

Mississippi into one confederacy against the Eng- 
lish. The 7th of May, 1768, was appointed to begin. 
The plot was revealed by an Ojibway girl to Mayor 
Gladwayn, the commandant, and thus saved De- 
troit. — See Rid., p. 451. 

165. Quebec. 

166. Wolfe, the English commander, commanded 
an expedition against Quebec. The enterprise was 
hazardous, but he surmounted all obstacles, and on 
the Heights of Abraham encountered the enemy. 
In the moment of victory he received a ball in the 
waist and another in the body which compelled him 
to be carried to the rear. For his last words, see 
Famous Sayings, p. 108, No. 14. Montcalm was the 
French general who took command in C/anada, 1756. 
He received his mortal wound a few moments after 
Wolfe's fall. A monument to the memrry of the 
two generals, now adorns Quebec. 

167. At Quebec. Famous Sayings, pp. 108, 109, 
118, Nos. 14, 88, 74. 

168. See General Review, Epoch III, Ans. 255. 

169. It was a paper drawn up setting forth the 
nature of the English claims to the valley of the 
Ohio and against further intrusion of the French. — 
Rid.., p. 168, 5 10. 

170. George Washington, at Natural Bridge, Rock 
Bridge County, Va.— See M., p. 183, ^138, n. 2. 

171. Pittsburg was named in honor of Wm. Pitt, 
the "true friend of America". New Jersey was 
named after the island of Jersey, in the English 
Channel. 

172. Georgia. 

173. Maryland. 

174. See Ref., Discoverers, p. 72. 

175. Wolfe and Montcalm in the French and In- 



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dian war, Richard Montgomery in the siege of Quebec, 

176. He was shot through the hing by an Indian. 
— See Headley's "Life of Washington". It is also 
said he was shot by ^^'m. Faucet, one of his own 
men, whose brother Braddock killed with his sword. 
— See Johnson. 

177. French and Indian war. 

178. A barrel of liquor. — See B., p. 90. 

179. General Wolfe.— See B., p. 89. 

Note. — Aaron Burr also rose from a sickbed to join Arnold's ex- 
pedition to Quebec. — See Ec.(old ed.), p. 210. 

180. See Reference, p. 92. 

181. Erratum , Fort Necessity instead of DuQuesne. 
Braddock. — See Headley's "'Life of Washington". 

182. Fort DuQuesne.— See Rid., p. 164. 

183. The army of eight hundred men raised bj'^ the 
Virginia Assembly, with \\'ashington as aid de - 
camp, marclied for Fort DuQuesne (now Pittsburg). 
The troops were in want of a suitable number of 
wagons to transport their baggage, and Franklin 
persuaded the farmers of Pennsylvania to let them 
have both wagons and horses. In the end, the wag- 
ons and horses were lost, and Franklin was expected 
to pay for them. The damage was about one hun- 
dred thousand dollars, and was paid by the 
government, and not by the governor of Pennsylva- 
nia. — See G., p. 154. 

184. June 9, 1755.— See G., p. 154. 

185. Five. Four bullets were sent through Wash- 
ington's clothes. — Erratum in question. 

186. Fifteen fair shots. 

Literature and General Progress. 

187. The people of the London Company were 
aristocratic, wealthy, intolerant — cavalier; the ed- 
ucation was, class very meagre, private not general; 



150 Answeks on v. s. history. 

occupation was agriculture on large farms, raising 
rice, tobacco and cotton. The people of the Ply- 
mouth Company were devoted, self-reliant and 
industrious; they made provision for education by 
establishing a common school for every fifty house- 
holders, and high school for every one hundred 
heads of families; they established Harvard College, 
at Cambridge, in 1686, and set up a printing press 
in 1639; their occupations were agriculture, manu- 
facturing, commerce and. mining. 

188. See Ans. 128, Parliamentary Rule. 

189. First, in Mexico. 1535; second, in Lima, Pe- 
ru, 1586, and third. Harvard College, 1639. 

190. "Boston News Letter", by Bartholomew 
Green, 170-1. 

Note.— The. secotul new.spaperpublisliedin the United States was 
called the 'Bostoti Gazette", and the third the "New EnglaJid 
Courant", printed b\ Benjamin Hranklin's brother, James, 1721. 

191. John Smith, 1608.— See Ej., p. ll'i. 

192. John Smith. 

193. John Cotton, Thomas Hooker. John Wesley, 
George Fox, John and Charles Wesley, John Eliot, 
Roger Williams. — See Ec. 

194. Eliot's Indian Bible. 

195. Govei'iior Bradford, called the '^ Father of 
American history". 

196. It was named after the founder, Elihu Yale. 
— See Colleges, p. 92. 

197. See Ref., Colleges, p. 92. 

198. Jonathan F^dwards, t\n American clergyman 
and distinguished metaphysician, was born in 
Windsor, Connecticut, October 5, 1703; he was ed- 
ucated at Yale College; was president of Princeton 
College, New Jersey, and w^rote the essays on "Free 
Will and Original Sin", that gained him a perma- 
nent reputation. George Whitfield, born 1714, and 



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died at Xewbiiryport, Mass., 177U, was an American 
clergyman whose eloquence in the pulpit was very 
remarkable. In early life he was associated with 
the celebrated John Wesley, the founder of Meth- 
odism, but in after life they were separated because 
of 'difference of opinion concerning slavery. Jrhn 
Wesley opposed negro slavery, George Whitfield 
recommended it. 

199. John Bartram was an American naturalist, 
born at the botanical gardens, Kingsessing, Penn- 
sylvania, 1739, died 1828. 

200. See B., p. 91. Ec. p. 122. M., p. 140-7. McM., 
pp. 98-169. 

Answers to General Review Questioas. 

201. Herjulfson accidentally reached Labrador, A. 
D., 986. Ericsson explored Kew England in 1001-2. 
Thorwald. Thorstein and Karlsefne explored the 
New England coast, 1003-7. 

202. See Ans. 8, Epoch I., p. 131. 

203. See Ref., Discoverers, pp. 72-4. 

204. The southern part as far as Arkansas, where 
he died of a fever and was buried at night in the 
river, 1542. LaSalle, 1682.— For full ans. see French 
Colonies, Ans. 137. 

205. It met in a church at Jamestown. Va.. Friday, 
July 30, 1619, and was called the Council of Burgess- 
es, or the "first elective body in America"; it 
consisted of delegates from the eleven plantations in 
Virginia. 

206. It was a compact signed in the cabin of the 
Mayflower, on the 11th day of t^ovember, 1620. This 
noble document was the tirst constitution adopted 
by a free people.— See L. K. A., p. 14. 



152 Answers on U. S. History. 

207-8. See Salem and Other New England Colonies, 
Ans. 72. p. 137. 

209. See Ref.. Spaniards, p. 72. No. 19. 

210. Icelanders.— See Rid., p. 15. 

211. Herjulfson, 986; John Cabot, 1497, fourteen 
months before Columbus reached South America. 

212. To Columbus, for the general awakening of in- 
tellectual Europe for new discoveries. 

213. Sir John Manderville, A. D., 1356. 

214 In 1638, Mr. Glover engaged Stephen Day to 
take charge of a printing house in Cambridge, where 
he set up the first printing press in the United 
States, and began work on the "Freeman's Oath", 
1()39.— See L. E A., p. 11. 

215. Stephen Day. 

216. In Mexico. 1535 —See Ec. 

217. ''Freeman's Oath", Cambridge. 1G39. 

218. Boston News Letter. 1704. Bartholomew Green. 

219. AmericanDaily Advertiser, Philadelphia, Pa.. 
1784.— See M. 

220. See Ref., Colleges, p. 92. 

221. See Ref., Spaniards. English and Portuguese, 
pp. 72-4, Nos. 4-5. 

222. General George Washington. 

228. 1619, by the Dutch.— See Ref., p. 89. 

224. See Epoch I, Ans. 12, p. 181. 

225. See Ref., Rebellions and Wars, p. 75. 

226. See Outline of this book. 

227. The Mound Builders. 

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shores of Lake Erie, that sailed on the Great Lakes. 
1678.— See M., p. 126. 
229. See Southern Colonies, Ans. 109. 

280. Indian Bible. John Eliot. 
281-2. See Ref., Discoverers, p. 72. 

238. ISIarco Folo was a Venetian traveller in Jap- 
an and China. Bartholomew Gosnold carried the 
hrst cargo, containing sassafras root, from America 
to England, 1602.— See Ec, p. 121. Raleigh at- 
tempted to form an English settlement in America, 
and was beheaded on the charge of conspiracy 
against the throne, 1618. — See Ec, p. 16, note 8. 
Herjulfson was the first discoverer of the mainland 
of America. Benjamin Church, see Plymouth Com- 
pany, Ans. 62, p. 136. 

281. See Ref., p. 101. 

285. Pocahontas; Thomas Hooker; John and 
Charles Wesley; George Fox; Charles Wesley; 
John Eliot; Roger Williams ; Columbus; Cham- 
plain; Win. Berkeley, (Erratum: is for are) ; King 
Philip; Endicott; Stuyvesant; Stuyvesant; De- 
Soto; Next four see Ref., Nicknames, p. 125. Half 
Moon was Hudson's vessel ; Golden Hind was the 
name of Drake's vessel. — see Ec. p. 16; Wm.Penn ; 
Philadelphia; Quebec; Wolfe. -see Ec, p. 118; 
Franklin; John Bartram : Capt Kidd,-see Ec, p. 
126; Next see Ec, p. 85. — Coronado was in search 
of the Seven Cities ; Cat Island is where Columbus 
and his crew first landed, Friday, Oct. 12, 1492. 

286. Discovered on St. Lawrence Day. New Jer- 
sey for Jersey Island. Pennsylvania, Penn's Woods. 
Pittsburg for Wm. Pitt. Virginia for Elizabeth, 
"the Virgin Queen". America named by \>'aldsee- 
mueller, for Amerigo Vespucci. Maryland, in honor 
of Queen Maria. St. Augustine, founded on St. 
Augustine Day. Pacific, peaceful, quiet. Yale 



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College, for its founder, Elihu Yale. Harvard Col- 
lege, for its founder, John Harvard. Manhattan, 
an Indian word meaning crazy. Jamestown, for 
King James. Florida, — Pa^cna, Spanish word 
meaning Easter — Florida, or Flowerj^ Easter. Con- 
necticut, Indian word for Long River. Plymouth 
Rock, for a harbor in England. 

Note.— Georgia, in honor ol George II. North and South Carolina 
in honor of Charles II Massachusetts, place of great hills. Del- 
aware, in honor of Lord Delaware. 

237. Champlain. 

288. DeSoto. So the Indians would not get him. 

239. Wolfe. Montcalm, and Gen. Warren. — See 
Intercolonial Wars. Ans. 175. 

240. Unknown. — See Ans. 8;"), Dutch Colony. 

241. Columbus's remains, early in January 1899, 
were removed from Havana, Cuba, to Seville, on the 
Guadalquiver River in Spnin, and placed in the 
cathedral. 

242. He was killed on the banks of the Trinity 
River, in Texas, by his own men, after several at- 
tempts, and was not buried. — See G., p. 57. 

243. LaSalle, 1670, as far as the falls at Louis- 
ville. He was, probably, the first white man in 
the state. 

244. See Ref., p. 92. 

245. Old French and Indian war, declared June 
9, 1755.-- -See G., p. 154. 

246. See Acquisition of Ter., p. 91. 

247. By war. 

248. See Historical Trees, p. 119. 

249. By first treaty of Paris, 1768.-See Treaties, 
p 76. 

250. John Eliot. 

251. Pennsylvania, a free colony for all mankind. 



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Maryland, for Catholics. Georgia, for the poor. 
All were successful for years. 

252. See Epoch I, No. 1. 

253. To devise means against the French. — See 
Lossing, p. 41. Ref., Important Conventions, 1754, 
p. 105, No. 1. 

254. His first duty, at twenty-one years of age, 
was to carry a me'^sage from Gov. Dinwiddle, of 
Virginia, to the French commander at Fort Le 
Boeuf, on the Alleghany. He was successful. — 
See Intercolonial Wars, Ans. 157. 

255. The Ohio Company was organized in March, 
1786. at a meeting in Boston, called by Gen. Kufus 
Putnam and Gen. Beniamin Tunper. the object be- 
ing to purchase and settle lands west of Ihe 
Alleghanies. The purchase was perfected October 
26 1787. and embraced about a million and a half 
acres, situated within the present counties of 
Washington, Athen^!. Meig's and Gallia, for educa- 
tional, religious and charitable purposes. In 1787. 
April 7, a vessel named the "Arayfiower" landed 
forty-eight souls at Marietta, first English settle- 
ment in Ohio. July 18, 1787. Congress passed the 
ordinance for the governmerit of the newly acquired 
Northwest Territorv. Gov. St. Clair arrived at 
Marietta July 9. 1788, and a civil government w^as 
established Julv 15. the same year. — See Ec. (old 
ed), p. 190. M.. p. 182. 

NoTK. — Tht "Ohio Land Company" was oreanized in Yirtrinia 
174R. by members of the Washineton and Lee families, together 
with some London merchants, for the ptirpose of establishing: 
settlements west of the Alletrhanies The chief manaeer was Law- 
rence Washington. They received a grant of 5.000.000 acres on the 
east bank of the OhioKiver. between the Great Kanawha and the 
Monongahela rivers. It was surveyed bv Washington and Gist. 

256. See Dutch Colony, Ans. 92. 

257. From the Pilgrims, or New Eiii^land colonv. 



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258. See Outline, this book. 

259. See French Colonies, Ans. 141, for full ans. 
Win. Kidd was a New YorK shipmaster, who, after 
the death of Leisler, was sent out to cruise against 
sea-robbers. He turned pirate and became the 
most noted of them all. He was captured while 
walking through the streets of Boston, and was 
tried, convicted, and hanged in England. He buried 
a rich treasure at Block Island, — See B., p. 68. 
John Cotton was a colonial minister. When the 
Indians attacked Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1697, 
Mr. Dustin with his seven children made their es- 
cape ; but his wife, Hannah Dustin, was unable to go, 
and was captured by the Indians and taken to an 
island in the Merrimac. Here she planned her es- 
cape, by killing ten Indians at night, with the aid 
of a little boy and her nurse, only one Indian es- 
caping. Col. Robt. B. Caverely had a monument 
erected to iier memory, at Contiocook Island. — See 
' 'Daughters of America". See Reference, Indian 
Chiefs, p. 101. 

260. Wm. Brewster, the spiritual guide of the 
Pilgrims. John Eliot, Indian apostle; his Bible 
was the first printed in America. Wm. Penn, 
founder of Pennsylvania. Roger Williams, the 
champion of toleration. Benjamin Franklin, plans 
of union and inventions; statesman. John Trum- 
bull, "pillars of support" upon which General 
Washington rallied during the Revolutionary war. 
— See L. E. A., p. 42. Nathaniel Bacon, the pro- 
moter of American Independence and nationality. 
— See L. E. A., p. 42. John Bartrara, eminent 
botanist, established the first botanical garden for 
American plants and vegetables; near Philadelphia. 
— See Lossing, p. 45. Benjamin West, famous 
painter. Jolin Harvard, founded Harvard College. 
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life of Capt. John Smith. Phillis Wheatley, wrote 
a , poem which she sent to Gen. Washington and got 
enduring fame. Hannah Dustin, see above, Ans. 
259. Mercy Warren, Col. Otis's sister, was the 
great adviser to many of the Revolutionary war. — 
See list of Eminent Women, p. 99. 

261. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston. Jan- 
uary 17, 1706, the youngest of seventeen children. 
He would not work at his father's business, soap 
boiler and tallow chandler, and at twelve years of 
age he was apprenticed to his brother James as 
printer. He was a skeptic in religion, and because 
of this became unpopular in Boston. He was ill- 
treated by his brother, and went to New York in a 
sloop and walLed thence to Philadelphia, which he 
entered with some articles of dress in his pocket, a 
dollar in cash, and a loaf of bread under his arm. 
In 1728, he began a newspaper and published ''Poor 
Richard's Almanac". Founded the University of 
Pennsylvania and the Public Library; invented the 
''Franklin" stove, and in 1746 experimented on 
electricity and applied his discoveries to the inven- 
tion of the lightning-rod. In 1754 he was a colonial 
delegate in Congress, at Albany. — See Ref., p. 105. 
He was agent in England for the colonies; was 
elected to Congress, 1775, and was one of the 
drafters of the Declaration of Independence. He 
was sent to France as a commissioner and returned 
1785. Read Proverbs 22:29. He stood before five 
kings and dined with two. 

Epoch IV.,1775. 1789. Revolutionary Period. 
Causes. 

1. English treatment. Navigation Acts, laws of 
trade and manufacture. 

2. Taxation without representation, quartering 



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soldiers without consent, writs of assistance, 
Stamp Act, Mutiny Act, Boston massacre, Boston 
Tea Party. 

8. Ohoiseul.— See Ec.(old ed.), p. 8U. 

4. Writs of Assistance, or "general warrants", 
authorized the king's officers to search for smug- 
gled goods without order of the court. 

5. Passed 1775, repealed February 22, 1766. — See 
M., pp. 15U-2. Ref., Acts, p. 78, No. 10. 

6. Wm. Pitt, Edmund Burke.— See M., p. 157. 

7. That the colonies should furnish their op- 
pressors (or British soldiers) with clothes and food. 
— See M., p. 155. 

8. On March 5, 177U. a crowd of men and boys 
insulted the city guard which ended in a fight, 
three citizens being killed and eight wounded. 
Quarrels between the soldiers and people were fre- 
quent. —See B., p. 104. Ec, p. 131. 

9. It was an act of Parliament, 1774, forbidding 
the landing of goods in Boston. — See Acts p. 78, 
No. 7. B., p. 105. 

10-11. A concourse of people assembled at the Old 
South Meeting-house, where they were addressed 
by Josiah Quincy, Jr. ; when he concluded the 
question w^as put whether the people would allow 
the tea to be landed, and the multitude, as with one 
voice, said No! A voice in the gallery shouted, 
"Boston Harbor a tea-pot to-night!" Then a war- 
whoop w^as given and the people rushed to the 
wharf. The men. disguised like Indians, went on 
board the British vessels, breaking the chests that 
contained tea and throwing it overboard in Boston 
Harbor. It was a moonlight nisrht, Dec. 16, 1778. 
— See L. E. A., p. 188. G., p. 178. B., p. 105. 

12 They were volunteers, pledged to be ready for 
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18. Patrick Henry was a great statesman, born in 
Hanover County, Va., May 29, 1736, died 1881. 
He enjoyed, like Daniel Webster, the sport of hunt- 
ing and fishing. He failed several times in business. 
A\'as called the "lazy petifogger". In 17H5, he made 
a great speech against the Stamp Act. Was a mem- 
ber of the first Continental Congress, in 1774. In 
March. 1775, he made his powerful speech in the 
Virginia Convention, held in St. John's church, at 
Richmond, ending with the memorable words, 
"Oive me liberty, or give me death" — See Lossing. 
Durivage Cyclopedia of History. 

14-5. Samuel Adams, the "Father of the Revolu- 
tion'', was the first to denounce the Stamp Act. at a 
town meeting held in P'aneuil Hall. Patrick Henry 
fired every heart in Virginia by his eloquence. And 
James Otis declared that ••taxation without repre- 
sentation is tyranny''. This brought about the 
Stamp Act Congress, first colonial congress. New 
York. }'H)n. All but four colonies were represented. 
—See M.. pp. 150--2. 

l(i. Boston. 

17. Met at Philadelphia, from Sept. 5. to Oct, 26, 
1774. 

18. Ge(»rgia.— See H., p. 106. 

ID. Peyton Randolph, president. Charles Thomson, 
secretary. It was resolved that no goods should be 
sent to Great Britain, nor any received from that 
country, and a petition was .sent to the king. 

20. James Otis.— Rid., p. 182^15. 

21. The name was assumed from the celebrated 
speech of Bare, on the Stamp Act, in which he speaks 
of the colonists as the '-sons of liberty". — See Ban- 
croft, Vol 111. p. 100. 



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22. The Gaspe was stationed in the Narragansett 
Bay to enforce the revenue laws. While chasing an 
American vessel up the Bay, it ran aground on a 
sandy shoal, and Capt. Abraham Whipple with a 
number (jf seamen, (m the night of June 17, 1772^ 
boarded the schooner, captured the commander and 
crew, and burned the vessel.'" — See L. E. A., p. 220. 
•*You. Abraham Whipple, on the 17th of June, 1772, 
burned his majesty's vessel, the Gaspe, and 1 will 
hang you at the yard-arm. — James Wallace.'" 
"To Sir James Wallace: - Sir: - Always catch a man 
before you hang him. — Abraham Whipple."' 

2.'}. See Nicknames, p. 125. No. 8. 

24. Boston, Mass.— See Ans. 8. Kpoch IV. G..p. 18:j. 

2;"). Concord Gen. Gage, Apr. 18-9. 1775. -See Ec.p. 129. 

2(>. William Dawes and Paul Revere rode with all 
speed to Lexington, and spread the alarm through 
the country.— Rid., p. 187. 

27. John Pulling, a vestryman of the North Church. 
John Newman, the sexton of the North Church, was 
arrested on suspicion of holding out the lights.— See 
Nation of July 187(5. 

28. See Curious Phrases, p. 12(j Nos. 23-4. 

29. Longfellow. 

.'}0. Late in the evening of April 18th, Gov. Gage, 
of Mass., and commander-in-chief of the British for- 
ces in North America, sent out men to destroy some 
military stores at Lexington and Concord. In spite 
of the secrecy of the movement they were discovered 
and the "minute men"" by 2 o"clock in the morning, 
were ready to defend their stores. About 5 o'clock 
in the morning. Maj. Pitcairn shouted "Disperse, you 
rebels! Throw down vour arms !" The order was 



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not obeyed, and he, with an oath, shouted "Fire!" 
The Americans retreated. Eight were killed. The 
British then proceeded to Concord.— See G., p. 180. 

31. Gage was commanding general of the British. 
He sent Pitcairn and bmith to Concord. 

3-2. Rev. Duche. Part of the 35th Psalm. — See 
Headley's '-Life of Washington". 

33. Gen. Gage.-See Headley's'-Life of Washington". 

34. Israel Putnam was born at Salem, Mass., Jan. 
7. 1718, and died at Brooklyn, Conn.. May 29. 1790. 
He settled at Pomfret, Conn., where he purchased a 
tract of land. Here he descended into a dark cavern 
and killed a wolf, which had committed great depre- 
dations upon the flocks of the farmers. His services 
prior to the breaking out of the Revolutionary war, 
were various and vahiabie. When the intelligence 
of bloodshed at Lexington reached him, he was plow- 
ing in the field, and unyoking his oxen, started with 
his gun and rusty sword for P.oston. He was ap- 
pointed major-general, arid on the retreat of the 
Americans from Bunker Hill, checked the pursuing 
forces. It was there that he swoie pretty fieely 
when he could not induce the timid militia tofolk/W 
him. After the war it is said he arose in the congre- 
gation, at the Congregational church, at Brooklyn, 
and apologized, saying, "It was almost enough to 
make an angel swear, to see the cowards refuse to se- 
cure a victory so nearly won". 

35. Pitcairn.— See Rid., p. 187. 

3G. It was a prelude to the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence, by the inhabitants of Mecklenburg Co., 
North Carolina, May 25. 1775. Written by Dr. Eph- 
raim Breward, and had four resolutions. 



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37. Philadelphia, Pa., where the "Old Continental 
Congress"" met, September, 1774. 

38. King George 111. 

39. William Pitt. King George 111. 

40. By writing a volume of loyal poems in Latin, 
Greek and English. 

41. Stamp Act. 

42. J^enjamin Franklin wrote to a friend at home. 

43. 1 his was the friend*s reply to Franklin's letter. 

44. See Famous Sayings, p. 108, No. 15. The dele- 
gates wereGeorge Washington and Thomas J etterson. 
—See Kid., p. 459, (large history). 

4;"). Franklin's letter to Strahan, a njember of Par- 
liament. 
4ti-7. See Epoch IV. Answer 22. 

Opening Scenes of the Revolution. 

48. May 10, 1775, to Dec. 12, lT7tt, at Philadelphia. 

4!». First, the eleven colonies united; second, voted 
to raise a continental army and authorized an issue 
of more paper money; third, chose Geoige Washing- 
ton commander- in-cuief. 

50. Samuel Adams arose and moved that the army 
assembled around i)Oston should be adopted by Con- 
gress as the Continental Aimy, and to sustain his 
resolution, he remarked that he intended to nomin- 
ate a member of the House, Irom Virginia, as 
commander-in-chief. His remarks and allusions 
pointed so directly to Washington, that the latter 
left tlie room. The next morning immediately alter 
the convening of Congress, President liandolph arose 
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moiisly elected eoiiiniander-in-chief. Washington 
brielly expressed his thanks for the high honor con- 
ferred on him, and adaed, " I do not think myself 
equal to the command lam honored with. * * 1 will 
keep an exact account of my expenses, * * I do not 
wish to receive any protit from the ottice/'— See Head- 
ley's " Life of Washington', pp. 121-2. John Adams 
nominated George Washington commander-in-chief 
of the ai'mies.- See Lossing, p. 87. 

51. See Ref., p. 94, No. 3. Secretary, Chas. Thomson. 

52. Ethan Allen. 

58. (Erratum in question, p. 19, pirate for private.) 
IkMiedict Arnold.— See Rid., p. 18^;. ^5. 

54. Seth Warner, like Ethan Allen, was esteemed 
for daring courage and unflinching patriotism. He 
was fond of athletic sports. He raised a regiment of 
Green Mountain boys and joined the army in Can- 
ada under Montgomery. He was with Ethan Allen 
at the capture of Ticonderoga, in May 1775. and com- 
manded a little force that took possession of Crown 
Point. He was of great service to Ethan Allen at 
Montreal. ^ 

55. Ticonderoga and Crown Point. Ethan Allen 
and lienedict Arnold. 

56. See Famous Sayings, p. 109, No. 26. 

57-9. Charleston is a village north of Boston, and 
separated from it by a sheet of water one-half mile in 
width: just back of Charleston is Breed's Hill, and 
just beyond it is Bunker's Hill; the two overlook 
Boston, and were of great importance to the British. 
Howe's plans were to fortify the hills. Gen. Ward, 
learning of Howe's intentions, sent Col.Prescott aid- 
ed by Putnam, to fortify and garrison Bunker's Hill, 



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on the evening of the 16th of June, 1775. After an 
impressive prayer in their behalf, by President Lang- 
don, of Harvard College, upon the green at Cambridge, 
they proceeded to Breed's Hill which was the nearer. 
Here by day-light, June 17th, they had thrown up an 
intrenchment of earth-work, down the hill to 
the water. The Americans were bidden not to fire 
until they saw the whites of the enemies* eyes. The 
British were driven back twice, and the third time 
Howe led his men up the hill, he was successful. The 
Americans were driven back because they no longer 
had the means to continue the battle.— See M., p. 160. 
L. E A., p. 175. Eci'old ed.). p. 134 

60. Gage, Howe, Clinton, Burgoyne. Cornwallis. 
('arleton and Tarleton. 

(;l. Washington, Gates, Green, Lincoln, Lee, Arnold 
and Putnam. 

62. Bunker Hill. Prescott shouted " Fire \" 

6.3. General Joseph Warren. 

64. See Historical Trees, p. IH), No. 10. 

65. By Daniel Boone, Harrod, Floyd. Kenton and 
others. 

66. Richard Montgomery. The daughterof Robert 
R. Livingston, the drafter (jf the Declaration of In- 
dependence. 

67. Richard Montgomery.— See Lossing, p. 157. 

68. Col. Moultrie's fort on Sullivan's Island. 

69. Wm. Jasper was born 1750, and died in 1779. He 
enlisted as a sergeant in a South Carolina regiment 
during the Revolutionary war. fie refused a com- 
mission on account of his defective education.- He 
displayed the flai? at Moultrie, and fell mortally 
wounded while bringing off a stand of colors, at the 



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assault oil Savannab. 

70. They were Americans who opposed the war 
and wished to submit to the king, or, those who re- 
mained loyal to the king. 

Events of 1776. 

71. Thursday, July 1, 1776. 

72. John Hancock, president; Charles Thom- 
son, secretary. 

78. July 1, 1776; Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, 
Benjamin Franklin, Roger Shermyn, Robert R. 
Livingston. This committee was appointed June, 
1776.— See Rid., p. 191. 

71. July 1, 2 o'clock P. M. , by unanimous vote. 
Signed by fifty-four delegates in Sept., and one 
still later. 

75. By ringing the bell of the State House. — See 
Liberty Bell, p. 126, No. 19. 

76-7. The populace pulled down the statue of 
George IlL, and sent it to Gov. VVilcott, at Litch- 
field, to be converted into bullets. This service was 
performed by his son and two daughters, who made 
from it forty-two thousand bullets. — See Rid., p. 
19r). L. E. A., p. 2;i8. 

78. Richard Henry Lee was born in Westmore- 
land County, Virginia, Jan. 20, 1782, and died June 
19, 1790. In 1757 Gov. Dinwiddle appointed him 
justice of the peace. In 1771 he was a member 
of the first continental congress, and the next year 
fearlessly offered the resolution " That these united 
colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and in- 
dependent states." This resolution was adopted 
July 2. He was the first U. S. senator from Va. 

79. Thomas Jefferson. 

80. See Events of 1776, Answer 73. 



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81. For answer see last list of general review- 
questions, No. 244. 
88. Joseph Reed. 

84. August 27, 1776. 

85. Nathan Hale was a captain in the American 
Revolutionary army. He was born in Coventry, 
Conn., 1753, and graduated at Yale College in 1778. 
After the retreat from Long Island, he was sent by 
Washington, in disguise, to examine the British 
camp, but was apprehended, tried and condemned, 
and amid cruel jeers was hanged upon an apple 
tree, like a dog. His last words were, " I have lived 
for my country and I am not afraid to die for her." 

86. Playing cards and drinking wine. 

Note — A tory had discovered the appoach of the American 
army towards morning, and hurried off to find Col. Rahl. He 
knocked at his door and gave a letter to a negro waiter, requesting 
him to give it to his master immediately. As it was Rahl's turn 
to deal, he thrust the note into his pocket and continued the game. 
In a half hour the sound of the cannon, the pealing bugle and 
rapid roll of the drums, told liini th'st the enemy were already in 
his camp. His neglect cost him his life. 

87. \\'ashington\s division, accompanied by a 
train of twenty-four field pieces under Col. Knox, 
were ferried across by the .Marblehead fishermen, 
on Christmas night, 1776, The passage of the river 
was difficult and tedious, by reason of lioating ice 
and high winds. Instead of landing by midnight, 
as he intended, it was four in the morning. He 
then advanced by the river road and through a 
blinding storm of hail and snow, marched to Tren- 
ton, a distance of nine miles, arriving there at eight 
A. M., surprising a force of Hessians, and taking 
one thousand prisoners. He then went back to 
Pennsylvania. The victory was not believed by the 
people, and to convince them, the Hessians were 
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167 



one of their fla^s sent to Congress, then in session 
at Baltimore. — See MoC. 

88. LaFayette, France; Kosciusko, Poland; 
Pulaski, Poland, and was buried in the Savannah 
river; Baron Steuben, Prussia; Rochambeau, 
France; Count DeEstaing, France; Count De 
Grasse, France. 

89. He offered his services to the American com- 
missioners, and fitted out a vessel at his own 
expense. He was severely wounded in the knee at 
Brandy wine, and was in the battle of Monmouth 
He visited the U. S., 1824, as the guest of the na- 
tioji, in an American frigate. 

Events of 1777-8. 

90. Howe was to seize Philadelphia; Clinton as- 
cending from New York, was to meet Burgoyne 
descending from Canada.— See Ec, p. 160. 

91. September 11, 1777. 

92. On the evening of the 29th of August, 1776, 
Gen. Putnam with his whole army, by the advice of 
Washinorton,. retreated from Long Island. A dense 
fog hung over the island, which enabled them to 
make their escape from Gen. Lord Howe, who was 
so close to the American lines, that the conversation 
of the men could be heard. By eight o'clock next 
morning the entire army was safe upon the New 
York side of the river. — See McC, p. 871. 

Note -During the chase, our army, commanded bv Generals 
Green and Morgan, was .saved three times by rain, which caused 
the rivers to become too deep for Corn wa His to ford. The first 
was at Catawba; the second at Yadkin, and the third at the fords 
of the Dan.— See Kc. (old ed,), p. i66. 

98. Germantown. On account of a dense fog, the 
rear division of the Americans fired upon Ge^'neral 
Wayne who had taken possession of the British 
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some time before the terrible error was discovered. 
—See Ec. (old ed.), p. 159, n. 8. 

94. Howe, October 4, 1777. If Washington's plans 
had not been delayed by the officer, he would have 
been the victor before Howe received reinforcement 
from Philadelphia. 

95-6. The Americans had a considerable amount 
of military stores at Bennington. Burgoyne learned 
of this and sent Col. Baum, a German officer, to se- 
cure them. He learned that the Americans were 
strongly intrenched, and therefore halted within 
nine miles of the place, and sent back to Burgoyne 
for reinforcements, but before their arrival Gen. 
Stark with a body of Green Mountain boys, from 
New Hampshire and Maryland, attacked him, at 
8 P. M., August 16.— See Stark's quo., p. 107, No. 4. 

97. See last list of General Review Questions, 
Answer 195. It was Chew's stone house at Ger- 
man town. 

98. Israel Putnam.— See Rid., p. 218. 

99. See Ref., Battles, p. 81. 

100. October 17th, 1777, at Saratoga, to General 
Gates. " This is known as the fifteenth decisive 
battle of the world." — Creasy. 

101-2. Valley Forge. Read Headley's " Life of 
Washington." 
108. Benj. Franklin, Arthur Lee and Silas Dean. 

104. France, Feb. 6, 1778.— See Ec, p. 181. 

105. Sept. 11, 1777. About nine months. With- 
drew their forces June 18, 1778. 

106. Lancaster and York, Pennsylvania. 

107. Conway Cabal planned a serious plot to de- 
pose Washington from commander-in-chief of the 
army and to appoint Gen. Gates instead. 



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108. Burke, Fox and many others. — See Ec. ,p. 104^. 
The demand was not accepted at this time. 

109. Paul Jones was one of the bravest naval com- 
manders known in history. While cruising off the 
east coast of England, he fell in with two British 
frigates. The fight commenced at half past seven 
in the evening, September 23, and lasted two hours, 
between the Bon Homme Richard, Jones's ship, and 
the British frigate, Serapis. In three years he took 
over five hundred vessels belonging to the enemy. 

110. Charles Lee, at the battle of Monmouth, 
June 28, 1778. 

111. During the battle of Monmouth, Mary Pitch- 
er was bringing water to her husband, from a spring, 
when she saw him fall. She instantly dropped the 
pail, stepped forward and took his place as gunner. 
The gun was so well managed that Uen. \\'ashington 
conferred on her a lieutenant's commission. She was 
afterwards known as Captain Major Molly. — See 
"Daughters of America", p. 58. 

112. Andre was born in London, 1751, and was 
hanged as a spy, October 2, 1780, at Tappan, on the 
west side of the Hudson river, twenty-eight miles 
above New York City, where he was buried. He 
was captured by three men, John Paulding, David 
Williams and Isaac Van Wert, who were playing 
cards near the roadside. Each were awarded by 
Congress an annual pension of $200, for life, and a 
silver medal bearing on one side, '• Fidelity", and 
on the other side, " The love of country conquers". 
Benedict Arnold was born at Norwich, Conn., Jan. 
8, 1740. 1763-7 he was a book-seller and druggist in 
New Haven. He was with Ethan Allen in the cap- 
ture of Ticonderoga. He was the chief instrument 
in securing the victory over Burgoyne, for which 
the commanding general received a gold medal, and 
Arnold's name was not even mentioned. This act 



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together with others, caused him to become the 
"American traitor". He died, friendless, in a gar- 
ret in London, June 14,1801. — See West. Miscellany. 

113. Francis Marion. Three roasted sweet pota- 
toes served on bark. The British officer was Archeall. 

114. Greene, Lincoln, Sumter, Marion, Pickens, Lee. 

End of the War. 

IIT). Articles of Confederation. It was set aside 
by a resolution for a constitution, introduced by 
Edmund Randolph, May 29, 1787. 

Note.— The Articles of Confederation v/ere agreed to, Nov. 15, 
1777, and ratified July 9, 1778, by ten states. Maryland assented to 
them. March i, 1781, thus closing the obligation. — See Henry's 
" Voice of the People", p. 238. 

116, On September 30, the combined forces of the 
American army, amounting to twelve thousand 
men, were fairly encamped round about Yorktown 
and Gloucester, while Count De Gra'^se blockaded 
the mouth of the river, which prevented Cornwallis 
from receiving any assistance from New York, or 
elsewhere, and from making his escape. On the 
19th of October, 1781, Lord Cornwallis found him- 
self obliged to surrender his whole army of more 
than seven thousand men to the tune of " Yankee 
Doodle'^ Lord Cornwallis would not appear in per- 
son to give up his sword, but sent it by General 
O'Hara, and Washington appointed Gen. Lincoln 
to receive it. He was ordered to leave, never to 
take up arms against the Americans, again. — See 
G.. p. 276. 

117. After Burgoyne was defeated at the second 
battle of Stillwater. October 7, 1777, he retreated 
with his crippled army to Saratoga. Every door of 
escape seemed closed. He found himself obliged 
to surrender his whole army to Gen. Gates, October 
17, — five thousand seven hundred fiftv-two men 



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with five thousand stands of arms. — See Ans. U)0 
above. Lord Cornwallis. — See Ans. IIG. 

118. See Ans. 11(5, above. 

119. Sept. 8, 1788, at Paris.— See Treaties, p. 76, 
No. 8. i ' 

120. Franklin, Jay, John Adams and Laurens. 
British : Messrs. Fitzherbert, Richard Oswald, and 
Strachey. 

121. Ref., p. 7(). No. 7. Nov. 8U, 1782, Versailles. 

122. At tlie public house of Samuel Fraunce, on 
the corner of Broad and Pearl Streets, New York. 
First, Henry Knox, and last, Robert Burnet. —See 
L. E. A., p. lUl. 

123. Sept. 1786, Springfield, Mass. ; by the several 
laws passed for the collection of debts and taxes, 
which they refused to pay, and openly threatened 
to overturn the oovernment. It was put down by 
militia under (Jen. JJncoln. 

121. See Ref., Buttles of Revolution, p. 80. 

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125. See Epoch IV, Answers 1-2. 

126. See Ref., Battles, p. 80, and G. 
127-8. Epoch IV. Answers 80 and 116. 

129. Ref., Rebellions, p. 75, and Southern Colo- 
nies, Ans. 114; Epoch IV, Ans. 122. (Erratum: 
Pontiac\s, 1768.) 

180. Ref., Treaties, p. 76. 

181. Epoch III, Answers 44, 72, 206, 72. Ref., 
Congress, pp. 98, 105. 

182. John Law originated the scheme in 1719. Ep- 
och III, Ans. 141. Epoch IV, Ans. 115, p. 178, No. 5. 
Ref., p. 106, No. 4. P. 106. 

138. P. 106, No. 4. 

J34. First three see Epoch IV, Ajis. 106; Carpen- 



172 Answers on u. s.history. 

ter's Hall, Philadelphia, was where Congress met; 
North C/hureh and South Church, see Curious 
Phrases and nicknames, p. 126, Nos. 23-4; next five 
Epoch IV, Answers 57, 30, 101, 86, 57; Epoch III, 
Ans. 165; next two. Epoch IV, Answers 22, 24; 
Huguenots, a name of doubtful origin, applied to the 
early French Protestants in the sixteenth century, 
by the Ron>an Catholics, of France ; Covenanters 
were a sect of Presbyterian dissenters in Scotland, 
who came by thousands to New Jersey, to avoid the 
persecutions of King James; next two. Trees, p. 119. 

135. First six. Epoch III, Nos. 58, 87, 132, 58, 
59-60; Epoch II, Ans. 35; Epoch III, Ans. 62; 
Curious Phrases, p. 125, No. 8; Epoch IV, Ans. 12. 

136. First three, Epoch II, Ans. 12-6; the others, 
Epoch IV, Answers 122, 93, 93-4, 113, 92-3, 92, 27. 

137. Ref.. Colleges, p. 92. 

138. Ref., Acts, pp. 77, 80. 

139. Pp. 31, No. 36. and 157, Ans. 261. 

140-1. Samuel Adams denounced the Stamp Act. 
John Adams, appointed Washington commander-in- 
chief. Thomas Jefferson, writer of the Declaration. 
Roger Sherman, drafter of the Declaration. Peyton 
Randolph, president of the Continental Congress. 
Richard II. Lee, resolution. Patrick Henry, great 
speech on tlie. Stamp Act. Geo. Washington, com- 
mander-in-cliief. Robert Morris, Revolutionary 
financier. Richard Peters, Revolutionary financier. 
Gouverneur Morris, banker and writer of the Consti- 
tution. Benjamin Franklin, Revolutionary agent. 
Alexander Hamilton, financier. James Otis, Revo- 
lutionary orator. Charles Tliomson, fifteen years 
secretary of tlie Continental Congress. John Han- 
cock, Revolutionary penman. Israel Putnam, 
Revolutionary soldier. Benedict Arnold, traitor. 



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John Trumbull, upon whom Washington relied 
during tlie Revolutionary war. Abraham Whipple, 
burned the Gaspe. Nathan Hale, first martyr of 
liberty- Paul Jones, naval hero. See Epoch III, 
Ans. 260. ReL, p. 99, 

142. Epoch IV, Ans. 73, 79. 

143. Epoch IV, Ans. 74, Famous Sayings, pp. 112-6, 
Nos.'69, 112. *'The British Ministry can read that 
name without spectacles; let them double the re- 
w a rd . " — J OH N H a ncoc k. 

144. Epoch \', Ans. .">. 
146. Epoch IV, Ans. 86. 

148. Revenge against the British. 

149. For Miirion, see Epoch IV, Ans. 113-4: (Erra- 
tum in question. Huston for Houston), Answer, last 
list of General Review Questions, No. 105: John 
Ohampe was a V)old and persevering soldier, wlio was 
sent to the British army in New York to watch for 
an opportunity to bring Arnold to the American 
can)p. The schenie failed, for Arnold changed his 
<iuarters. 

150. See last list of (ien. Review Ques., Ans. 311-6. 

151. Natlian Hale.— See Epoch IV, Ans. 85, and 
Parliamentary Rule, Epoch 111. Ans. 121. 

Epoch V. The Union. 

National DeveU)pment. 

Adoption of the Constitution. 

1-2. See Epoch IV, Ans. 120. 

3. Area, 820,680; population, 4,000,000; debt, $10,- 
000,000. 

4. Washington advised this convention. See Ref., 
p. 105, No. 3. 

5. The Articles of Confederation were planned by 
Congress, November 15, 1777, and the obligation was 



174 Answers on U. S. History. 

closed when Maryland, the last state, ratllied it on 
March 1, 1781. It was a compact between the states 
instead of the people. The defects were, no execu- 
tive, or judiciary power; no supreme authority; no 
power of taxation; no power over treaties, commerce 
nor war; therefore, could recommend everything, 
but enforce nothing. As Washington said, "We are 
one nation to-day, and thirteen to-morrow." Re- 
pealed May 29, 1787. Ref., p. 106; 

6. Philadelphia, May 25, 1787. It was for the pur- 
pose of discussing the movements towards union, 
which was presented at the Trade Convention that 
met the year before, at Annapolis, Maryland. See 
Ref., Conventions, p. 106, i*^o. 4. 

7. Constitutional Convention is the same as Con- 
stituent Convention — See Ec, p. 189. McM., p. 16;"). 
Ref., p. 106. 

S. Edmund Randolph. —See Rid., p. 230. 
9. Early in September, 1787. 

10. September 17, 1787. 

11. See Constitution, Art. VII. New Hampshire 
was the ninth to ratify, June 21, 1788. This was 
when it went into force. — See McM., p, 167. 

12. See Ref.. p. 106, No. 4. 

13. Messrs. Rutledge, Randolph, Gorham, Ells- 
worth and Wilson. 

NoTR.— The revising committee were Hamilton, Morris, Madi- 
son, Johnson, King;— See Andrew's of the Constitution, p. 43. 

14. Uouverneur Morris.~See L. E. A., p. 202. 
15-6. See Ref., Nicknames, pp. 124, 

17. See Epoch IV, Ans. 129, Ref. 75, No. 5. 

18. An empty treasury; England's failure to send 
ministers to our government; Spain's refusal to al- 
low navigation of the Mississippi; hostile Indians; 
pirates on the high seas. 



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19. Federal, broad, or loose, construction of the 
Constitution. Anti-Federal, strict construction. 
The two sections drew out of color question. 

20. Washington wrote of it, "It appears to me a 
little short of a miracle." See Ref., Famous Sayings, 
p. 107, No. 86. 

21. Patrick Henry. 

22. The people had but one voice as to the man 
who should be honored with the high trust. So, early 
in April the ballots of the electors were counted and 
George Washington was unanimously chosen presi- 
dent and John Adams vice president, and on the 14th 
of the month, he received notice of his election, 
which was delivered by Charles Thomson. 

23. Six. See Constitution. 

24. See Constitution, Art. II. <^ 1, clause 8. 

25. Ten amendments. 

26. From July 4, 1776, to September 17, 1788. 

27. Constitution is a written instrument prescrib- 
ing the limit of official authority. Preamble, setting 
forth the purpose of the constitution. Amendment 
is made for the purpose of perfecting the measure. 

28. Congress makes laws; executives enforces them, 
and judicial decides upon the constitutionality of 
laws and upon all questions of law or equity. 

Powers. Law Making Powder. 
Representatives, or LowerHouse of Congress. 

1. Senate and House of Representatives. The 
Senate is the higher branch of a legislature, or con- 
gress, and the House of Representatives is the lower. 
At the Capitol, Washington D. C, the first Monday 
in December. See Constitution. Art. I, ^4. 



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2. Not under twenty-five years of age, a resident 
of the state from wliicli elected, and seven years a 
citizen of the United States; elected by the people, 
each state being represented according to its popula- 
tion; term, two years; salary, $5,000 a year. 

NOTE.— There are as many Electors sis there are Representa- 
tives in Consrress, and two at large, being equal to the number of 
Senators and Representatives. 

3. By special election. 

4. Speaker, chief clerk, sergeant-at-arms, door- 
keeper and past master. 

T). Fifty-fifth Congress. Thomas B. Reed, Repre- 
sentative from Maine. Salary, $8,000. 
(). New York. It has the most population. 

7. One, always. 

8. A Congressional District is a political division 
of a State, entitled to one Representative. 

State Representatives. (Ohio.) 

1 1 . State Representatives make laws for the State. 
U. S. Representatives make laws for the Union. 

12. By the people of the State. One hundred eight 
members in all. 

13. Salary, $600 and twelve cents mileage. Duty, 
make necessary laws for the people of the State. 
Term, two years. Meetings, biennial, first Monday 
in January, and the members are elected on the first 
Tuesday after the first Monday in November. 

14. Harry C. Mason. By House of Representatives 

15. At the Capitol of the State. 

LaAv Making Power. 
Senate, or Upper Hovise of Congress. 

16. The higher branch of Legislature, or Congress, 

17. Thirty years of age and nine years a citizen. 



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Elected by the legislature of the several states. 
Duties, see Constitution, Art. 1, ^ 3. Six years. Sal- 
ary, $5,000, twenty cents mileage. 

18. Two to four years will intervene between two 
successive expirations of senatorial terms in any State. 

19. The Executive, or Governor, of the State, may 
make a temporary appointment until the next meet- 
ing of the Legislature. 

20. The Vice President. Yes, in case of a tie in 
the Senate. 

21 . The Senate selects a president ' ' pro tem ' ' . This 
is usually done at the close of the first executive session. 

22. Impeachment; to ratify or reject treaties 
proposed by the president; to confirm or reject ap- 
pointments made by the president; to elect a vice 
president in case the electors fail to do so. 

23. Clerk, sergeant-at-arms, door keeper, post 
master, and president pro tem. 

24. Each House shall be judge of the election re- 
turns and qualifications of its own members. Art. I, 

25. The first Monday in December. Art. I, § 5. 

26. It may be convened by the president, or ad- 
journed by consent of both branches of Congress, 
from time to time. 

27. Art. I, ^ 7. 

28. Art. I, § 8. 

29. Ohio, J. B. Foraker, Marcus A. Hanna. (1899.) 

30. There are two senators from each State. New 
York has the most U. S. Representatives, because it 
has the largest population. 



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State Senators. (Ohio.) 

16. U. S. Senators make laws for the Union, State 
Senators make laws for the State. 

17. Term, two years; thirty-eight members in all; 
salary, $600 and twelve cents mileage; eligibility, any 
voter who does not hold any other ofifice ; by popular 
vote. 

18. By election. 

21. The Lieutenant Governor. A. W. Jones, 1898. 

Executive Power of the United States. 

1. The President. 

2. Any citizen born in the U. S., not under thirty- 
five years of age, and those who were in this country 
at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, and 
fourteen years a resident. 

3-4. Electors are persons chosen by the people, who 
meet in their respective states and vote by ballot 
for president and vice president of the United States. 

5. Art. II, g 2, Constitution. 

6. President, $50,000 a year; Vice President, $8,000 
a year; term, four years. 

7. The President. 

8. Art. II, ^ 4, Constitution. 

9. See last list of General Review Questions, No. 
272. 

10. Appointed by the president, subject to confirm- 
ation by the Senate. 

11. See last list of General Review Ques., No. 272. 

12. March 4, every four years. 

Executive Power of the State. (Ohio.) 

13. A State is a community of free citizens living 
within a territory with fixed limits, governed by laws 



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based upon a constitution of their own adoption and 
possessing all governmental powers not granted to 
the U. S. A law is a rule of action, prescribing what 
shall be done and what shall not be done. 

14. Governor. 

15. Two years; $8,000. 

16. Transmits annual message to assembly; fills va- 
cancies in state offices; makes appointments; grants 
pardons and reprieves, and is the General Executive 
of the State. 

18. Two years. $8,000. Duties, president of the 
Senate, and duties of governor in case of removal. 

19. Secretary of State, auditor, treasurer, attorney 
general and school commissioners. 

20. Bonebrake, 1898. 

21. Three years, $2,000; look after the interest of 
the common schools. 

Judicial Power. 

1. Supreme Court and such inferior courts as 
Congress may order and establish. 

2. For life and good behavior. 

3. One chief justice, $10,500, and eight associates, 
$10,000. 

4. In Washington, first Wednesday in December. 

5. Art. Ill, § 2. 

State Judiciary. 
G. Three. 
7. Supreme, Circuit, District or Common Pleas. 



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ADMINISTRATIONS. 

George Washington— John Adams — 1789-97. 

1. George Washington was first inaugurated pres- 
ident, Tliursday, April 30, 1789. He took the oath of 
oftice standing on the balcony of the old Federal Hall, 
New York City. 

Note. — Washington's hand rested on the page containing the 
50th chapter of Genesis. His second inauguration was in Philadel- 
phia, Monday, March 4, 1793, Philadelphia remained the capital 
for ten years. 

2. Robert Livingston, of New York City. 

3. He was delayed in making the necessary ar- 
rangements for leaving Mount Vernon. His last act 
before commencing his journey to New York City to 
be inaugurated, was to bid his aged mother, living in 
Fredericksburg, "an affectionate farewell".— See her 
quotation, p. 108, No. 12. He at length started, about 
ten o'clock on the 16th of April. [For description of 
his journey see Headley's "Life of Washington", pp. 
430-3. 

4. Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State; Alexan- 
der Hamilton, Secretary of Treasury; Henry Knox, 
Secretary of War; Edmund Randolph, Attorney Gen- 
eral. John Jay was the first Chief Justice, but not a 
cabinet officer. 

5. Public credit establtshed, by Hamilton; es- 
tablishment of the U. S. bank and mint at 
Philadelphia; whiskey rebellion; treaties with 
Ore it Britain, Spain and Algiers. 

0-7. By the advice of Alexander Hamilton, levy- 
ing taxes on imported goods, distillation of spirits, 
establishing of a mint and national bank. 

8. Nearly eighty million dollars. — See Rid., p. 284. 

9. See p. 108, No. 19. 



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10. Ill February, 1791, upon recommendation of 
Hamilton, Congress passed an act establishing an 
U. S. bank, for twenty years. — See Rid., p. 234. 

Note.— In May, 1781, Robert Morris submitted to Congress a 
plan for a national bank. It was approved and the bank of North 
America, with Robert Morris assisted by Gouverneur Morris, went 
into operation, December, 1781.— See Benson Lossing, p. 91. 

11. See Ref., Rebellions, p. 75, No. 6. 
12-3. Light Horse Harry, see p. 122. 

14. The complaint made in England that their 
debts in America could not be collected. — B., p. 152. 

15. Chief Justice Jay was sent as envoy explen- 
ipotentiary, to England and negotiated a treaty, 
ratified by the state, 1795. 

16. Ref., Treaties, p. 76, No. 9. 

17. TJaie Americans warmly sympathized with 
France when the war broke out between that coun- 
try and England. — See B., p. 153. 

18. The Northwest Territory was ceded to the U. 
S., by Virginia, in 1784. In coincided with the area 
now embraced in the states of Ohio, Indiana, :^[ich- 
igan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and that portion of 
Minnesota lying on the east side of the Mississippi 
river. In 1787, the territory "Northwest of the 
Ohio'' was organized. See Ans. 255, Epoch III. 

19. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. 

20. See Ec, p. 196, Art. 824; Henry's '• Voice of 
the People", p. 51. 

21. See Epoch III, Ans. 255, 

22. In 1800. For its founder, George Washing- 
ton.— See B., p. 150. 

23. The early settlers of Ohio were much annoyed 
by the depredations of the Indians. Gens. Warner 
and St. Clair were sent against them, but were de- 
feated. Gen. Wayne was put in command, and 
gained a complete victory, 1794. 



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24. Marietta, 1788. Columbus the second, in the 
same year. Hamilton, 1790. Gallipolis, 1791. Day- 
ton, 1795. 

25. Capt. Abraham Whipple, Manasseh Cutler, 
Hamilton, Putnam, Knox, Dexter, etc. 

26. Gen. Arthur St. Clair, first territorial govern- 
or, 1787-1802. Edward Tiffin, first state governor, 
1803-7. 

27. Ohio University, at Athens. — See Ec, p. 196. 

28. Capt. Whipple was an American who, with a 
number of others, burned the Gaspe, June 17, 1772. 
He had the honor of firing the first gun in the naval 
service, and of unfurling the American flag in the 
River Thames, at London. He was among the 
founders of Marietta, and had the honor of bailing 
the first vessel, named the "St. Clair'', from the 
OhiototheGulf.-SeeL.E.A.,p.220. Ep.IV,Ans.4:6-7. 

29. " Citizen Genet" was a title given to the 
French minister, who was sent to this country ex- 
pecting to obtain ships, money and aid from the 
government, to help in their war with England. — 
M., p. 194. 

30. See Ref., Inventors, p. 98. M., p. 196. 

31. He was an American statesman, born in Red- 
ham, Mass., in April, 1758, and died July 4, 1808. 
He was a voluminous writer, and his collected pro- 
ductions are among the choicest things in our 
literature. — See L. E. A., p. 71. 

32-3. Ref., Treaties, p. 77, Nos. 10, 12. 

34. Ref., Admission of States, p. 93. 

35. George Washington. 

36. (Points.) Washington, born in Westmoreland 
County, Va., Feb. 22, 1732; his father died when he 
was twelve years old ; his early life was spent with 
his brother at Mt. Vernon. Lord Fairfax engaged 



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183 



him to survey(1748)for the Ohio Land Company. At 
twenty-two he commanded a regiment against the 
French; volunteered at Braddock's defeat July 9, 
1755; ^married a wealthy widow, Mrs. Martha Cus- 
tis, 1759; appointed commander-in-chief at the 
second continental congress; proposed the conven- 
tion of 1787; inaugurated first president at New 
York City, Apr. 30,1789, serving two terms ; died Dec. 
14, 1799, of laryngitis, having been exposed in the 
saddle for several hours to cold and snow. His ob- 
elisk, (height 555 ft.), at Washington, D. C. was 
dedicated Feb. 21, 1885. 
87. Yes, during the Revolutionary war. 

John Adams. Thomas Jeff erson. 1797-180]. 

1. .John Adams, Federal president. Thomas Jeff- 
erson, Anti Federalist, became vice president 
according to the old provision of the constitution, 
that the person having the next highest number of 
electoral votes became the second officer in the 
government. — Rid., p. 287. 

2. George Washington, Dec. 14, 1799, after only 
one day's illness. 

8. General Harry Lee. 

4. Mount Vernon. 

5. See Constitution, Art. II, ^ 1, One entitled 
to vote. These bodies of electors taken together 
are known as Electoral College. 

6. Under the Alien laws the president could ex- 
pel from the country any foreigner whom he deemed 
injurious to the United States. Under the Sedition 
law anyone libelling congress, the president, or the 
government, could be fined or imprisoned. 

7. They were not.— See M., p. 200, note 2. 

8.' Our flag was insulted, hostilities on high seas, 
our vessels captured, and our envoys refused aud- 



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ience by the French government. This is known as 
the Quasi War, but when Napoleon became first 
consul of France, the difficulties ceased. 
9. In December 1800. 

10. For full answer see last list of Gen. Review 
Questions. Ans. 203. 

11. They were commissioners appointed by a spec- 
ial session of Congress, May 19, 1797, to settle the 
difficulties with France. 

12. See Ref., Famous Sayings, p. Ill, No. 61. 

13. He was a delegate to the first continental 
congress. He nominated George Washington as 
commander-in-chief of the armies of the U. S. He 
was one of the committee that framed the Declara- 
tion of Independence. He w^as the first U. S. 
minister to tlie British court. He was the first vice 
president of the U. S., and the second president of 
the U. S., and lived to see his son occiipy the chair 
of chief magistrate, twenty-four years later. 

14-5. In certain counties of eastern Pennsylvania, 
the people refused to make returns of the value of 
their farms and houses for direct tax. When the 
assessor came to determine the value of the prop- 
erty, the people drove him off. For this, some were 
arrested and imprisoned, but the people with John 
Fries as leader, rose and rescued them. 1798. This is 
known as the Fries Rebellion. See Ref., Rebellions, 
p. 75, No. 7. McM., p. 214. 

16. See answer 8, above. 

17. Abigail Adams was the wife of President John 
Adams, who was born in Weymouth, Mass., in 
1744. She was a woman of culture and remarkable 
judgment, as well as imaginative and poetic ability. 
When the capitol w^as moved to \^'ashington in 1800, 
she journeyed from Baltimore to her new home. 
On the way she became lost in the woods, and said, 



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" But woodn are all you see from Baltimore until 
you reach the city."-" Daughters of America", p 70. 

18. Political differences. 

19. Federal, Adams and Pickney ; Republican, 
or Anti Federalist, Jefferson and Burr, 

Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr and George 
Clinton. 1801-9. 

1. By the House, after six days, by a vote often 
to four for Jefferson. 

2. Washington city which became the capital in 
the summer of 1800. 

3. The purciuise of Louisiana territory, from 
France, for ,$15,000,000. 1803. 

4. When he gave his first address to congress, he 
rode itlone to the Capitol, tied his horse to the pal- 
ings, which then surrounded it, and entered 
unattended. He even received the British ambas- 
sador in dressing gown and slippers. — See Ec.,p.211. 

5. Albert Gallatin was a native of Geneva, Swit- 
zerland, born on the 29th of January, 1761. He 
graduated at the University of Geneva, 1779 ; taught 
the French language at Harvard College, 1793; was 
elected to a seat in the Senate from Virginia, and 
in 1801, Jefferson appointed him Secretary of Treas- 
ury ; was one of the commissioners who negotiated 
a treaty of peace (Ghent) with Great Britain. At 
the time of his death, he was president of the New 
York Historical Society. — See Ref., Nicknames, p. 
124. Alexander Hamilton was born on the 11th of 
January, 1757, and was a native of the Island of 
Nevis, in the West Indies; he was known for ser- 
vice at White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, and at 
the siege of Yorktowm ; 1783, he was chosen member 
of Congress where he distinguished himself by his 
ability, industry and patriotism; 1789, he was ap- 



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pointed by Washington as Secretary of the Treasury. 
July 11, 1804, in consequence of a dispute between 
Col. Burr and Gen. Hamilton, they met at Wee- 
hawken, New Jersey, opposite New York, and 
Hamilton, the pure patriot, the brave soldier, the 
accomplished statesman and acute financier, was 
killed by the first shot, standing on tlie fatal spot 
where his eldest son had recently been killed in a 
similar encounter. 

6. The policy was to purchase their lands of them 
and lead them to agriculture instead of war. 

7. See Ref., Famous Sayings, p. 115, No. 106. 

8. James Monroe and Robert Livingston pur- 
chased it secretly of Xapoleon I., April 80. 1803, for 
.$15, 000,000. Tliis is known as the "unconstitutional 
purchase". 

9. See M. , p. 205. 

10. Pirates -See Ref. ,\Vars, p. 76, No.U. INI. ,p.208. 

11. The frigate ''Philadeliohia^', while in the har- 
bor of Tripoli, fell into the hands of the Bashaw. 
Decatur boldly entered the harbor with a small 
vessel, apparently in distress. He concealed his 
men below\ boarded the 'Philadelphia", sw^ept the 
crew into the sea, set the ship on fire and amid a 
tremendous cannonade from the batteries, escaped 
without the loss of a man. 

12-4. Hamilton's influence prevented Aaron Burr 
from being governor of New York. Burr therefore 
sought a quarrel with Hamilton. See last of Ans. 5 
above, and Rid., p. 244. After the duel Burr was 
disfranchised from New York State, and on his way 
west, in 1806, he stopped at Blennerhassett's house, 
located on an island in the Ohio River, below Mari- 
etta, and with his fascinating power led Blenner- 
hasset into a project to revolutionize the territory 
.west of the Alleghanies and establish an independ- 



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ent government, of which New Orleans was to be 
the capital and himself the ruler. The scheme 
failed and financially ruined B ennerhassett. 

15. Gen. James Wilkinson was the governor of 
Louisiana, and was accused of aiding Aiiron Burr in 
his treasonable designs, but was acquitted, 1811. 
—See Ec, p. 20, note 9. 

16. Method of electing the president. 1804. 

17. 1807. His guilt could not be proved.-M., p. 207. 

18. See Ref., States, p. 98. 

19. See Ref., Acts of U. S., p. 78, No. 1. 

20. Fulton, the inventor of the steamboat. Fitch 
was an early applicant of steam power to the pro- 
pulsion of boats; his first success was on the 
Delaware, May 1, 1789, full twenty years earlier than 
the successes of Fulton. — See L. E. A., p. 93. Fa- 
mous Sayings, p. 115, No. 97. James Watt, was the 
inventor of the steam engine; he was twenty years 
on this invention. 

21. Ohio, 1803. 

22. In 1769, he took his seat in the general assem- 
bly of Virginia ; this was his first public service. 
He was elected to fill the place of Peyton Randolph 
in Congress, and assumed his seat in that body, 
June 21, 1775. The next year he was the youngest 
of the committee of five that drafted the Declara- 
tion of Independence. This famous document, with 
the exception of a few alterations, was his own com- 
position, written at his lodgings, in the house of 
Mrs. Clymer, in Philadelphia. Like Hancock, he 
was called the " Revolutionary Penman". Occupied 
the office of secretary of state under Washington ; 
vice president under John Adams; third president 
oj the U. S. Made himself known as an author in 
1781, by his notes on Virginia. Founded the l.'ni- 
versity of Virginia. His latter years at his home 



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in Monticello, were clouded by pecuniary embar- 
rassments, and he died July 4, 1826, the same day 
of John Adams' death. 

23. See Answers 12-4, above. 

24. Thomas Jefferson. 

25. Was a member of the continental congress, 
1780; opposed to paper money and the Alien and 
Sedition laws ; advocated the separation of Ken- 
tucky from Virginia; was president of the U. S. 

26. "Once an Englishman, always an Englishman." 

James Madison, Clinton and Gerrv. 
1809-17. 

1. Republican, or Democratic party. 

2. The British emissaries had aroused the In- 
dians to war, andTecumseh formed a confederacy of 
the northw^estern tribes. Gen. Harrison routed them 
with great slaughter at the battle of Tippecanoe. 

3. Great Britain had long assumed the right to 
search American vessels for native born English- 
men. These she would declare to be her subjects 
and compel them to enter the service of the British 
navy. If a sailor on an American ship could not 
show papers of his American nativity he was con- 
sidered an Englishman and accordingly" impressed". 
This was called "impressment of American sea- 
men", and was the chief cause of the war. 

4. June 18, 1812. Causes were impressment of 
seamen and right of search. 

5. General Harrison. 

6. The surrender of Wm. Hull, at Detroit, Aug- 
ust 16, 1812. 

7-8. Sir James H. Craig, governor of British 
America, sent John Henry into New England to in- 
duce secession. Failing in this, he then presented 



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a package of letters as positive evidence that the 
^ew England states would secede. Madison gave 
the letters to Congress and paid Henry $50,000. 
Afterwards they were proved to be frauds and Hen- 
ry a villain. This is known as the John Henry's 
Conspiracy, or Heriry Affair. 

9. See John Adams's Administration, Ans. 0. 

10. Because of valuable service in the Revolu- 
tionary war. 

11. Gen. Brock.— See M., p. 218. 

12. Aug. 16, 1812, to Jan. 8, 1815.— See M., p. 218. 

13. Army of the North, Center, and West. 

14. A British commander. 

15-6. See Ref., Famous Sayings, p. 115. No. 105, 
and p. 107, No. 7. 

17. In 1814, Gen. Andrew Jackson, the " Hero of 
New Orleans", was sent out to attack the Creeks, 
a strong Indian tribe in the southwest territory — 
now Alabama and Mississippi. The Indians had 
massacred five hundred men, women and children 
near Mobile and met Jackson in battle at Horse- 
shoe Bend, on a branch of the Alabama river, where 
he completely destroyed their power, Mar. 27,1814. 

18. Admiral Cockburn.— See M., p. 217. Ec. 

NOTE.— Washington City was burned August. 1814, by General 
Ross, who said, " I will make a cow pasture of these Yankee cap- 
itol grounds " 

19. Dec. 24, 1814. Ratified by the Senate and 
peace proclaimed Feb. 18, 1815. Gallatin. Bayard, 
Clay, Russell and John Q. Adams and British Lord 
Gambler, Golbourn and Wm. Adams. 



20-1 


. New Orleans, Jan 


.8, 


1815. 


Andrew 


Jac 


kson. 


22. 


The Kentuckians. 














28. 


See Ref., States, p 


. 98 












24. 


By thrusting into 


the 


gron 


Lud 


and 


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nking 



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the sword which Hull gave him. 

25-6. During the bombardment of Fort McHenry, 
Sept. 13, 1814:, Francis S. Key, an American, was a 
prisoner on board one of the British men-of-war. 
He watched the bombardment of the fort all night 
long, and by the flash of the guns, could see our 
flag waving over it, and on an old envelope he hast- 
ily wrote with a pencil, "The Star Spangled 
Banner" which has since become the national song. 
—See M., p. 218. McC, p. 685. B., p. 169. 

27. San Francisco, Gal., and Frederick, Md., 
where he lived and died. 

28. Col. Johnson, of Ky., Oct. 4, 1818, in the 
battle of the Thames.— See Taylor, p. 90. 

29. Plattsburg. 

30. See Reference, p. 106, No. 5. 

31. See Ref., Treaties, p. 77, No. 17. M., p. 219. 

32. See Ref., Famous Sayings, p. 109, No. 25. 

33. Thomas Jefferson. Tlie epitaph was viz. 
"Here lies buried Tliomas Jefferson, author of the 
Declaration of the American Independence ; of the 
Statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and Father 
of the University of Virginia." — See L. E. A., p. 123. 

NOTE.— James Madison's vice president, Elbridge Gerry, died 
in a carriage while riding to the Capitol, Nov. 3, 1814. 

James Monroe— D. D. Tompkins. 1817-25. 

1. Republican. 

2. Rufus King. 

3. James Monroe's. 

4. He entered the Revolutionary army as a ca- 
det, in 1776 ; was elected a member of Congress at 
the age of twenty-four; was appointed minister 
plenipotentiary to France, 1794; secretary of state 
1811 ; succeeded James Madison in the presidency, 
1817; was the third president to die on the 4th of 



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July(1831), and was buried at the expense of his 
friends. 

5. See Ref., Famous Sayings, p. 109, No. 35. 

6. It was a bill admitting Missouri with its 
slaves, but prohibiting the extension of slavery into 
any territory of the U. S. north of 86 degrees, 80 
minutes, north latitude.— See Slave Outline, p. 89 
No. 5. Ee., p. 289. 

7. Thomas, of Illinois. 

8. Henry Clay. 

9. See Ref., Curious Phrases, p. 127, Xo. 50. 

10. See Ref., States, p. 98. 

11. Henry Clay, a self-made man, was born near 
Richmond, Va. , April 12, 1777 ; was elected a member 
of the Kentucky legislature, 1808; was elected rep- 
resentative in Congress, 1811, was a member and its 
speaker until 1825; sustained the Missouri Compro- 
mise; secretary of state under J. Q. Adams; 
candidate for president in 1882 and 'U; introduced 
the Omnibus bill, 1850; was one of the signers of 
the treaty of Ghent; favored the U. S. banks, 1816; 
was in a harmless duel with Randolph, and died 
June 28, 1852, at Washington, 1). C. 

12. 1819. From Savannah to Liverpool. 

13. See Acquisition of Ter., p. 91, and last list of 
Gen. Review Ques., No. 102. 

U. 1824, as the Nation's guest. 

15. See Ans. 89, p. 167. 

16. In President Monroe's message of 1828, the 
following declaration was made: "The American 
Continents, by the free and independent position 
which they have assumed and maintained, are not 
to be considered as subject to future colonization 
by any foreign power." 

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18. Lafayette. 

19. Daniel Webster. 

20. Monroe. 

21. The Seminoles, of Florida, with their brave 
chief, Osceola, was a remnant of the powerful Creek 
confederacy. They declared that they had been de- 
ceived by a treaty made by some of the chief men 
which provided for their removal beyond the Miss- 
issippi, and refused to go. The government of the 
U. 8. resolved to remove them by force, but Osceola 
with his skilful ways and maneuveis, baffled the 
eti'orts of the troops, and outgeneraled the most ac- 
complished commanders in the army, such as Scott, 
Taylor, Jesup and others. Osceola was betrayed 
while in conference with Gen. Jesup, in the camp, 
under the protection of a flag. He supposed him- 
self safe under the pledges of the white man's honor 
and the sacred flag, but he was seized by Gen. 
Thompson, the government agent, and sent in irons 
to Charleston. He died in his military prison of 
fever, Jan. 31, 1839.— See Famous Sayings, p. 108, 
No. 20, and Indian Chiefs, p. 101, Wars, p. 75. 
L. E. A., p. 857. 

22. See last list Gen. Review Ques., No. 815. 

23. They were. 

John Q. Adams. John C. Calhoun. 1825-9. 

1 . House of Representatives. 

2. Scrub Race. 

8. Internal improvements, and "American sys- 
tem' of protective tariff. 

4. Randolph, 1821. 

5. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Jul. 24, 1826. 
(i. The Erie Canal. Eight years in constructing, 

1825.— See M., p. 230. 



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7. Opponents claimed him not the choice ; tariff 
and improvement ; differences with Clay. 

8. 183U, on the Baltimore and Ohio, which only- 
extended from Baltimore to Ellicott's mills, a dis- 
tance of about thirteen miles. The trip was made 
in somewhat less than an hour. — See M., p. 282. 

9. The first road laid with rails, which were wood, 
was in 18U7, at Boston, operated with horse power, 
to carry earth to make a grade from a hill-top to a 
street. The first passenger railroad was the Balti- 
more and Ohio, built in 1828 ; the first trip with a 
locomotive was in 1880. 

10. 1828. Fourteen years in construction, cost 
{jll, 400,000. 

11. It was the first railroad at Quincy, INfass., 
1826-7. It was used to transport granite from the 
quarries for the Bunker Hill monument. It was 
operated with horse power and had wooden rails 
.plated with iron. 

12. See Ref., Nicknames, p. 120. 

18. He was suddenly prostrated by. paralysis, 
while in his seat in the House of Representatives at 
Washington, on the 22nd of February, 1848, and 
expired in the speaker's room in the Capitol, on the 
following day. His last words were, " This is the 
last of earth." — See Lossing, p. 809. 

NOTE.— John Q, Adams filled high offices in the U. S. for fifty- 
three years,— longer than any other man. 

14-5. John Quincy Adams. —See B., p. 174. 

Andrew Jackson, Calhoun and Van Buren. 
1829-37. 

1. Andrew Jackson, or " Old Hickory", was born 
at Waxhaw settlement, North Carolina, March 15, 
1767. He tried the saddlery trade and school teach- 
ing, after which he studied law and was admitted to 
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Congress as the first representative from Tennessee, 
Dec. T), 1796. He was subsequently senator from 
tlie same state — reelected 1828. Leaving the Senate 
he was appointed judge of the supreme court of 
Tennessee. May 80, 1806, he fought a duel with 
Charles Dickenson, on the banks of Red River, in 
Logan County, Ky. Both parties were severely 
wounded and Dickenson died that night. January 
8, 181'), was the culminating victory at New Orleans 
whicl^ brought him prominently before the world as 
a dashing military chieftain — better known as the 
" Hero of New Orleans". Elected as the seventh 
president of the U. 8., in 1828, and reelected 1882. 
He retired to "The Hermitage", his home near 
Nashville, March 4, 1887, where he died Sunday 
.June 8, 184r).— SeeL. E. A., p. 244. Henry's'^ Voice 
of the People", p. 808. 

2. He began his administration by removing from 
office all his political opponents, and filling their 
places with political friends, on the principle of 
" To the victor belongs the spoils". The system of 
rotation thus begun has ever since prevailed. — See 
Henry's " Voice of the People", p. 812. Ec, p. 240. 

3. Tariff and internal improvement. 

4. It declared tariff to be null and void and if 
force should be employed South Carolina would 
secede. 

T). I?i order to defend the doctrine of his state, 
South Carolina, regarding the tariff. 

6. Webster and Hayne's debate. 

7. It was between Robert Y. Hayne, senator 
from South Carolina, and Daniel Webster, of Mass. 
Foote's resolution relating to the sale of public 
lands. Hayne delivered in the Senate Chamber, 
.Ian. 21, 1880. Webster's reply. Constitution not 
a compact, constitution and union. Webster's sec- 
ond reply to Hayne is called "the most remarkable 



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speech ever made in Congress. "—Read extracts of 
iZ ^P^^^^^^''*' Henry's "Voice of the People", pp. 

8. Daniel Webster. 

9. Black Hawk War.— See p. 76. Florida, or 
beminole War. —See Monroe's Admin., Ans. 21. 

10. See Monroe's Ad., Ans. 21, and Indian Chiefs, 
p. 101. 

11. Scott and Taylor, 

12. See Ref., Wars, p. 75, Xos. 16-8. 

IS. It was a circnlar issued July 11, 1886 direct- 
ing agents to receive only gold and silver for lands 
This sent paper money back to the eastern states 
for redemption. The result was the panic of 1887. 

14. They were banks established in 1888, in order 
to get deposits of government money. Others were 
started for the purpose of issuing paper money with 
which the bank officials might speculate. The mon- 
ey was loaned to people on very poor securitv which 
brought about the panic— See McM., p. 81(). 

15. This administration, caused bv wild specula- 
tions.— See Ans. U, above. 

16 He was an Abolitionist of much prominence 
and influence, born in Newport, Mass., Dec. 12,1804 
At an early age he was apprenticed to a shoemaker' 
afterwards was sent to school and partly supported 
himself by aiding a wood sawyer. In 1818, he was 
apprenticed to a newspaper printer, and on New 
Year's Day, 1831, he issued the first number of the 
" Liberator" in an old attic on State Street, Boston 
In this issue he wrote, " I am in earnest. I will not 
equivocate. I will not excuse. I will not retreat a 
single inch, and I will be heard." Near the close 
of that year, the State of Georgia offered a reward 
of Jf5,000 for his arrest. He w^as mobbed on several 
occasions for his anti-slavery doctrine, and on one 



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occasion a howling mob dragged him through tlie 
streets of Boston with a rope around his body. Ifc 
Avas with gfeat difficulty that the police saved his 
life. — See " Life of W. L. Garrison," by his child- 
ren. L. E. A., p. 471. 

17. Feb. 16, 1838. "Liberty and union, now and 
forever, one and inseparable,^' and also declared 
that there can be no secession without revolution. 
— M., p. 242. Henry's "Voice of the People". 

18. In 1881 , France had promised to pay .^5,000,000 
for damages done to American commerce during the 
War of .N>apoleon. (Read Ans. 8 of John Adams's 
administration.) Payment being delayed, Jackson 
urged Congress to make reprisals on French ships. 
B.v mediation of England, the debt was paid and 
war averted. 

19. See Ref., States, p. 98. 
20-1. See above, Ans. 1. 

22-8. Osceola. See Monroe's Ad., Ans. 21. 

Martin VanBuren. Richard M. Thomas. 
1837-41. 

1. On Jackson's bank question. 

2. The principal causes were specie circular and 
destruction of the national bank. 

3. The Patriod War, or the " Canadian Rebel- 
lion", was a movement made by the people of 
Canada to throw off their connection with Great 
Britain, and to establish their independence. It 
aroused the sympathy of a large number of people 
of the U. S., especially in northern New York, where 
associations were formed called " Hunter's Lodges" 
for the purpose of aiding the Canadian patriots. — 
See McC, p. 676. 

4. The ship " Caroline" was seized, set on fire 
and drifted over the Niagara Falls. 



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5. See last list Gen. Review Ques., Ans. 2. 
(5. "Caroline". 

Will. Henry Harrison. John Tyler. 1841-5. 

Krratum:— The word them is omitted in Harrison's quotation, p. 
114, No. 84. 

1. Log Cabin and Hard Cider, 

2. One month. 

8-4. Tyler was in violent opposition to his party. 
He differed on the cardinal questions of the bank, 
the tariff, and the state rights. He vetoed the Fis- 
cal Bank Bill which was a bill to reestablish the 
Bank of the U. S. Then the Whigs sent him an- 
other bill to create a Fiscal Corporation, which he 
vetoed also. This produced a revolt against him in 
the party. All of his cabinet resigned excepting 
Webster who was negotiating a treaty with Great 
Britain. At a meeting of the great leaders, Tyler 
was formally read out of the party. — See Henry's 
" Voice of the People", p. 413. McM., p. 310. 

5. Ashburton Treaty, 1842, settled the north- 
eastern boundary line, where it still remains. — See 
Ref., Treaties, p. 77, Xo. 19. 

f). It was an agitation in Rhode Island headed 
by Thomas W. Dorr, a lawyer of that state. The 
design of this movement was to set aside the ancient 
charter of the state. Dorr was tried and imprisoned, 
but afterwards released. — See Ref., Rebellions, p. 
75, No. 8. G., p. 401. 

7. Joseph Smith while living at Palmyra, N. Y., 
claimed to have had a supernatural revalation by 
which he was directed to a spot where he found 
buried "golden plates" engraved with supplement- 
ary Scriptures and designated the "Book of 
Mormon". These plates w^ere represented to have 
been a remnant of the "lost tribe of Israel", which 



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he interpreted, and thus became founder, leader 
and prophet of the " Latter Day Saint8'\ This sect 
sprang up in the state of New York, 1827; emigrat- 
ed to Missouri, 1888, the next year to Illinois and 
thence to Utah. Smith and his brother Hiram were 
murdered by a mob, at Nauvoo, June, 1844. 
Brigham Young then became leader and after their 
removal to Utah, they built a temple at Salt Lake 
City. The Edmund's law, of 1882, was intended to 
suppress polygamy in Utah and the neighboring 
territories, 

8. See Ref., States, p. 98. It applied in 188H. 

9. The Sub Treasury Act required all public 
money to be kept in the Treasury at Washington, 
or in sub treasuries* at other cities, and not in banks. 

10. When Texas declared her independence from 
Mexico, she then asked admission to the U. S. It 
was then made a party question, the Democrats 
strongly favoring annexation and the \M-iigs oppo- 
sing it. Calhoun was for it. Van Buren against it, 
and he declared that the purpose of annexing Texas 
was *' to extend the influence of slavery and secure 
its perpetual duration". — See Henry, p. 420. 

11. I'he first telegraph line in the world was built 
in 1844, and extended from Baltimore to Washing- 
ton. The first message was the announcement of 
Polk's nomination. May 29, 1844. Patented by S. 
F. B. Morse, 1837.— See Rid., p, 280. 

12. See Ref. , Curious Phrases, p. 120, Xos. 31-2. 

13. John Tyler. 

14. Mormons, 
h"). T-a-x-e-s. 

16. Wm. F. G. Morton, of Boston, made a suc- 
cessful test, in the hospital, of producing artificial 
sleep by breathing the vapor of ether, which relieved 
agony and suffering. — See McM.. p. 373. 



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James K. Polk. Geo. M. Dallas. 1845-9. 

1. James K. Polk. 

3 "Fifty four, forty or tig-ht."— See M., p. 257. 

4. See p. 84, Mexican War. 

5. Gen. Scott. Other generals were Taylor, Kear- 
ney, Fremont, Pillow, Worth and Smith. 

6-7. See p. 84. Mexican War. 

8. May 13, 184(5. 

9. Santa Anna. 

10. September 14, 1847. 

11. John C. Fremont. 

12-3. See Ref., Nicknames, p. 120. 

14. See Ref., Treaties, p. 77, 21. 

15. Jan. 28, 1848, by James Marsliall while laboring 
in Sutter's mill-race. He died in the infirmary. 

16. It was a bill introduced into Congress by David 
Wilmot, 1846, prohiting slavery from all future terri- 
tory. Its author was Brinkerhoff. The result was 
angry debates and sectional feeling. It originated 
the terms ''Hunkers" and " Barnburners". 

17. The Mexican war. 

18. George S. Stephenson. 

Z. Taylor. Millard Fillmore. 1849-53 

1. It is a word meaning many. 

2. Six provisions: first. Admission of new states 
Ijroperly formed out of Texas; second. Organization 
of Utah and New Mexico without Wilmot Proviso; 
third, Payment of $10,000,000 indemnity to Texas; 
fourth, California to be admitted as a free state; 
fifth, Slave trade to be forbidden in the District of 
Columbia ; sixth. Slaves escaping to free states to be 
arrested and returned to their owners. Clay was the 
autlior. 1850. 



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3. See Eef., Famous Sayings, p. 109, No. 29. 

4. Henry Clay in June. Daniel Webster, October. 

5. See Ref., Famous Sayings, p. 109, No. 30. 

6. March 1850. Polk and Taylor the same year. 

7. See Ref., Purchase, p. 92, No. 9. 

8. Sixteen months. 

9. 1850. 

10. March 5, 1849 (4th being on Sunday). 

11. Jefferson Davis.— See Ec.{old ed.), p. 263, n. 1. 

12. The Fugitive Slave law provided for the return 
of slaves who had escaped to a free State^ to their 
owners. Personal Liberty laws aimed to secure the 
liberty of escaping negroes, falsely alleged to be fu- 
gitive slaves. This brought about an organization 
called "The Underground Railroad", by which slaves 
escaping from their masters, were aided in getting 
across the free states to Canada. Of this law Alex- 
ander Stephens said, that in his opinion, "it consti- 
tuted the only cause which could justify secession." 
The South seceded, then, — accorded to his own state- 
ment.— See McM., p. 38. Henry's "Voice of the Peo- 
ple". M., p. 268. 

13. Henry Clay. 

14. Sister of Elenry Ward Beecher, and author of 
"Uncle Tom's Cabin". 

15. See Ans. 12, above. 

16. '• I am Gen. Taylor, the conqueror of Buena 
Vista." 

FraiikHn Pierce. Wni. R. King. 1853-7. 

1. Franklin Pierce. 

2. Stephen A. Douglas. 

3. In July, 1853, an exhibition of the various prod- 
ucts of industry and art. was opened in the Crystal 



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Palace, at New York, which was totally destroyed by 
lire, October, 1858.— See G., p. 430. 

4. See Treaties, p. 77, No. 22. 

5. An instrument drawn up by the committee 
known as the Ostend Manifesto which recommended 
the annexation of Cuba to the U. S. England and 
France found Spain opposing the plan and the pro- 
ject was dropped. 

6-9. Stephen A. Douglas, Senator from Illinois, in- 
troduced the famous Kansas-Nebraska Bill to organize 
the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, leaving 
slaves" to be accepted or rejected by the settlers. 
This bill repealed the Missouri Compromise and be- 
came a law in 1854. This doctrine is called the 
Squatter Sovereignity. 

10. They were West Indian pirates, who organized 
in the U. S., an expedition against Cuba and Central 
America, 1848. 

11. See Ref., Inventions, p. 78. 

12. In Cuba, March 24, 1853, where he was for his 
health, and by a special act of Congress the American 
consul general administered the oath. 

Jas. Buchanan. J. C. Breckinridge. 1857-61. 

1. See Nicknames of Presidents, p. 120, 

2. Democratic, 

3. March 7, 1857, the supreme court of the U. S., 
declared that slave owners might take their slaves 
into any state in the Union without forfeiting au 
thority over them. Scott was a slave, owned by Dr.. 
Emerson, a surgeon of the U. S. navy, and claimed 
freedom on the ground that he had been taken into a 
free territory, but the court decided that he had no 
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4. Kobert Taney. 

5. On March 4, 1859, the term of Douglas as Sena- 
tor from Illinois, was to expire, and at a Republican 
State Convention, at Springfield, June 16, 1858, it was 
resolved that Abraham Lincoln should be a candi- 
date. The real question of the campaign thus begun 
with Whipple, of Illinois, " Who will we have for 
Senator— Stephen A. Douglas, or Abraham Lincoln?" 
In June, 1858, Lincoln addressed the people at Spring- 
field. Douglas replied a month later in a speech at 
Chicago. This led the Republican managers to in- 
sist on Lincoln challenging Douglas, which was 
accepted by the latter and he named seven towns, or 
one in each congressional district, excepting the 
places where they already had spoken. The questions 
that they discussed were, jjopular sovereignity, the 
Dred Scott decision, and extension of slavery. Doug- 
las was elected, but Lincoln's great speeches won for 
him a national reputation.— See *' Life, Speeches and 
Public Service of Abraham Lincoln,'' by J. H.Barrett 

6. John Brown who had caused trouble in Kansas, 
was a man of intense convictions and a deep-seated 
hatred of slavery. He left Kansas and in 1858,settled 
near Harper's Ferry, on the edge of Virginia. Here 
he conceived the idea of taking the law into his own 
hands and liberating the slaves, and with a company 
of twenty-one men, seized the U. S. arsenal at Har- 
per's Ferry. This was a forerunner of the great Civil 
war. He and six of his associates were tried, con- 
victed of treason and hanged Dec.2, 1859, at Charleston. 

7. Change of taxation question. 

8. Aug. 5, 1868. From Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, 
to Valtia Bay, Ireland.— See Rid., p.297. C. W. Field. 

9. South (Jarolina. 



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10. It was a vessel sent t(t relieve Ma.j(»r Anderson, 
at Fort Sinnter. willi food and men. It was tired 
upon by the Southern batteries while steaming u]) the 
channel toward diarleston. and was compelled to go 
back to New York. 

11. See Outline. Slavery, p. 8i^. No. i:5. 

12. .Jetferson Davis, of Mississippi, and Alexander 
Stephens, of Geoigia. P'eb. 8. 18(11. at a convention met 
at Montgomery. Alabama. Feb. 4. 

13. Election took place Nov. 18(i0. Popular sover- 
eignity. Dred Scott decision, extension of slavery, 
firing on "Star of tlie West"". .John Brown's raid, 
state rights. 

14. Josiah Quincy. .John C. ("allioun. direct pro= 
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CIVIL WAR. 

Abraham Li acol 11. H. Hamlin. A.Johnson. 

1861-69. 

1-2. Abraham Lincoln, the apostle of human lib- 
erty, was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, Feb. 
12th, 1809. His parents were poor. His father was 
unable to read and write. When Abraham was eight 
years of ai;e, his father moved with his family to 
Spencer County. Indiana. There, in a log cabin, 
Abraham's mother taught him to read and write. 
When he was ten years of age she died. At twelve 
years of age he was taught arithmetic and other 
branches of a common scliool education. But few 
books fell in his way and these lie read with avidity. 
He learned to read from two books, — the spelling 
book and the Bible. Then he borrowed and read 
"Pilgrim's Progress", ''^Esop's Fables". " Life of 
Washington". In 1880. the Lincoln family removed 
to Decatur, Illinois. He walked the entire distance 
of two hundred miles, driving the cattle on the 
journey. There he helped them to build a cabin 
and to split rails to enclose the farm. He grew to 
manhood and distinction as a flat-boat hand, clerk, 
captain, (in 1832, of volunteeis in the war against 
Black Hawk,) country storekeeper, postmaster. 
Studied hard all the time. Became a good surveyor 
which was his chief business for two years, yet he 
managed to get a knowledge of law by borrowing 
books at an office before it closed at night and re- 
turning them at its opening in the morning. He 
rapidly rose to distinction. In 1884 he was elected 
to the legislature of Illinois where he continued 
four years. He wms ndmitted to the bar in 1887, 
when he was twenty-eight years of age. In 1846, 
he was elected to Congress, the only Whig repre- 
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for the national senate in opposition to Stephen 
Douglas. Their joint debates in this canvass, were 
the "most interesting, and able conflicts of ora- 
tory ever known in the county." He was inaugurated 
March 4, 1861, the sixteenth president of the U. S. 
He was the author of the emancipation proclamation 
that took effect January 1, 1868. He was assassin- 
ated by John Wilkes Booth April 14, 1865. and was 
buried at Springfield, 111. — SeeLossing's Biography. 

3. See Slave Outline, pp. 89-91. 

4. When Fort Sumter was fired upon, 1861, and 
Lincoln made his call for volunteers, the national 
debt was .$90,000,000.— See McM., p. 419. 

5. Secession is the withdrawal of any state, or 
states, from the Union. 

6. Jefferson Davis, elected February 8. 

NOTE.— His cabinet was as follows ; Secretary of State. R. 
Toombs, Ga. Sec. of Treas., C. S, Meninienger, S. C. Sec. of 
War, S. P Walker, Ala. Sec. of Navy, S. R. Mollory, Fla. P. M. 
Gen., J. H. Reagan, Tex. Atty. Gen., J. P. Benjamin, I^a. 

7. It was not. 

8. See Nicknames of Presidents, p. 120. 

9. Firing on the " Star of the West" and the 
bombardment of Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861. 

10. Major Robert Anderson, who in command of 
Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, was 
compelled to surrender to the Confederates under 
Beauregard, Sunday morning, April 14. 1861. 

11. He issued a requisition for 7r),(M)0 troops and 
soon after for 800, 0(H) volunteers. 

12. The property of the general government was 
seized which amounted to over tweuty million dol- 
lars in value; such as forts, arsenals and other 
public property. — See McC, 

18. Ed Ruffln, against Fort Sumter. 

14. See Ans. 10, above. 



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15. On the 17th of April 1861, the sixth Massa- 
cliu.setts regiment left Boston for Washington. In 
passing through Baltimore, April 19, they were at- 
tacked hy a crowd ol' citizens who were Southern 
sympathizers, and three soldiers were killed and 
eight wounded. Several citizens were killed and 
w^ounded. — See Mc(\, p. 78(). 

1<). J. K. Beauregard. 

17. President Lincohi. 

18. McClellan. 

19. West Virginia adhered to the Union while the 
eastern part did not. This divided it. — See Ad- 
mission of States, p. S)H. 

20. Ellsworth seeing a Confederate Hag flying 
from the roof of a hotel after tlie seizure of Alexan- 
dria, went up and tore it down, As he descended 
he was shot hy the landlord. 

21. Ahraham Lincoln. 

22. In the battles of the Black Hawk war. 
28. Stonewall Jackson. 

NOTE.— Daniel Morgan before the assault on Quebec where 
Montgomery was killed, knelt by the side of a cannon and ])rayed 
fervently. Also at the Cowpens. he went aside before the battle, 
and prayed, and then cheered on his men to fight the superior 
force.— See L. K. A., p. 222. 

24. Stonewall Jackson, who was killed in the bat- 
tle of Chancellorsville by one of his own men. 

25. It was first displayed at Montgomery, Ala- 
bama, on March 4, 1861. 

2(>. After several days skirmishing the two arm- 
ies met near a bridge crossing a stream called Bull 
Run. The light lasted for six hours. — See p. 85, 
No. 5. 

27. Great Britain. 

28. Raphael Semmes. For his naval victories, — 
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29. See Ref., p. 85, Plans. 

30. Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing, April 6-7, 1862, 
began on Sunday ; the generals were, Grant and 
Sherman, of the Union army, and Beauregard and 
A. S. Johnson, of the Confederate; Union victory. 
Antietam. September 17, 1862. McClellan against 
Lee; Union victory. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 
July 1, 2 and 3, 1863; generals, INIeade and Lee, Lee 
retreating to Virginia ; this was the turning point 
of the war. Siege of Chattanooga began early in 
the summer of 1863, by Gen. Roseerans who got 
possession of Chattanooga in southern Tennessee, 
but was defeated by Gen. Bragg who was stationed 
at Chiekamauga with a larger number of men; 
battle was fought Sept. 19 and 20; Gen. (Jeo, H. 
Thomas (see Xicknames) saved part of the Union 
forces from destruction. — See M., p. 310. Ec.p.3O0. 

NOTE.— The battles of Chickamaus^a, Lookout Mt., Missionary 
Ridsre were fought November 23-5. Grant, Sherman and Hooker 
against Bragg and Longslreet. Union victory. 

31. (4eo. H. Thomas, Philip Sheridan, Geo. H. 
Thomas, John A. Logan and Benjamin Butler. 

32. Commodore Foote arid (Jen. Pope, April 7, 
1862. In the Mississippi river between the stales 
of Kentucky and Missouri. 

33. ISFarch 12, 1864. (To July 25, 18()6 ) 
31. Washington. Scott and Grant. 

35. On the 9th of March, the Merrinuic in attemp- 
ting to renew her ravages in Hampton Roads, was 
confronted by the "Yankee Cheese Box" or the 
Monitor. The two vessels fought for hours at point 
blank range. The Merrimac withdrew and returned 
to Norfolk where she was blown up by the Union 
forces and in January, 1863, the Monitor sank dur- 
ing a storm at sea. — McM., p. 417. G., p. 455. 

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37. (Japtahi Wirz and General Winder in' Geor- 
gia, thiptain Wirz was tried and hanged for 
stamping to death Sergeant S. H. Nelson, a prison- 
er, in November, 1865. — See " Eighteen Months a 
Prisoner", p. 60. 

88. It was a large brick building which was used 
for storage by Libby <S: Son at Richmond, Virginia, 
and was converted into a prison. It was removed 
to Chicago, Illinois, during the World's Fair. 

89. He was a leader of the Southern sympathizers 
in Ohio, residing at Dayton, and was convicted of 
treasonable conduct and banished. He went to 
Canada. 

40. Battle of the Wilderness. 

41. See Reference, Battles, p. 89. 

42. See Historical Trees, p. 119, No. 8. B., p. 219. 

48. The proclamation was issued by President 
Lincoln, September 22, 1862. In it he declared 
that the slaves in the rebellious districts were free, 
and called upon them to enlist in the service of the 
U. S. It went into effect January 1, 1863. This 
emancipated over three million negroes, but did 
not abolish slavery legally until three years after- 
wards.— See G., p. 462. The 13th Amendment 
abolished slavery. 1865. 

44. He started at Chickamauga, passed through 
Dalton. Milkdgeville to Savannah, then to Col- 
umbia and Raleigh. This is known as the "Military 
Picnic" or "Meridian Compaign". 

45. Read "Sheridan's Ride", by T. B. Read. See 
Reference, p. 88, No. 50. 

46. See last list Review Ques., No. 4. B., p. 268. 

47. See Reference, p. 91, No. 18. 

48. .lohnston to Sherman, similar terms, April 
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49. }f?100,0;)0. Cavalry regiment of Miehigan. 

5U. fn female attire. Captured at Irwinsville, 
Georgia, May 10, 186;'). Fortress Monroe. 

51. On bail. Horace (Jreely. 

52. See Answer 1 of this administration. 
58. "The American Cousin." 

54. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State. 

55. Shot by Boston Corbett, at Bowling Green, 
Virginia. "Sic semper tyrannis.'" 

56. See Ref., Battles, p. 85, and Rid. 

57. Andrew Johnson. 

58. Andrew Johnson was born at Raleigh, X. C, 
December 29, I8O8. His parents were very poor. 
He learned the trade of tailor. Was taught to read 
and cipher by his wife. He was mayor of Green- 
ville, Tennessee, at twenty-three years of age, then 
governor and president of the U. S. 

59. It was first used for a church (G. L. Stoul). 
Then a theater, and it was here Abraham Lincoln 
was assassinated on Good Friday evening, April 14, 
1865, by Wilkes Booth, while witnessing the per- 
formance of Gaylor's eccentric comedy ' Our 
American Cousin". After this crime no one would 
patronize it. In 1866 the government bought the 
building and it was used as a medical museum for 
the army and navy. The floor collapsed June 8, 
1892, killing a number of people. 

60. He was president of Washington and Lee's 
University. 

61. About .$4, 000.000,000. 

62. Salmon P. Chase. 

68. Greenbacks is a name applied to the National 
Bank notes and the legal tender notes by reason of 



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the appearance of the reverse side. 

NOTE— The letters on our coins indicate as follows : S indi- 
cates that the coin was made at the mint in San Francisco ; O, in 
New Orleans ; C C, in Carson City. Those not marked were 
made in Philadelphia. Read Ans. 30, of Gen. Review Ques., last list. 

fi4. It eould ))e seen in the streets of Riehmond 
and other southern cities like waste paper. 



EPOCH VI. THE UNION RESTORED. 

AndrcAv Johnson. 1805-9. 

1. First, Were the lately seceded states out of 
the union, or in it ? Second, Reconstruction, that 
is, restoring them to their former places in the 
union. 

2. It was proposed in February, 1805, and adop- 
ted December 18, 1865 — to abolish slavery. 

8. Freednien's Bureau. 

4-. First, Tenure of Office bill was infringed by 
the president. Second, dismissal of Edwin 31. 
Stanton, Secretarj^ of War. 

5. He lacked one vote of tlte two-thirds required 
for his condemnation and therefore he was acquitted. 

NOTE —If Andrew Johnson had been convicted, the president 
of the Senate, Benj. Wade, of Ohio, wonld have become the U. S. 
president. 

(>. See Constitution, '} III, Clause 6. 

7. First, Freedtnan's Bureau, which was a bill 
passed March 8, 1865, creating a department under 
the Federal government for the care and protection 
of the newly enumcipated negroes and the destitute 
w^hites of the South. — See McC, p. 870. Second, a 
guarantee of their civil right. Third, Tenure of 
Office Act which was an act making it illegal for the 
president to remove any civil officer without the 



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consent of the Senate, 

8. Cyrus W. Field, of New York. 

9. Friday, July 27, 1856, from New York to St. 
Johns, Newfoundland. 

10. It was a treaty made with China granting to 
the U. S. valuable commercial privileges. 

11. Anson Burlingame was embassador from Chi- 
na, the first ever sent to any foreign power, 1868. 

12. Through the diplomacy of Wm. H. Seward, 
secretary of state, Alaska was purchased of Russia 
for $7,200,000 in gold, October 1867. It is valuable 
for its harbors, furs and fisheries. See Reference, 
Acquisition of Territory, p. 91. 

Ui. During the Civil war of the United States, all 
the great powers of Europe, excepting Russia, were 
sympathizers of the Southern Confederacy. During 
this time a French army was sent to Mexico to set 
up a government with Maximilian as ruler. This 
was a violation of the "Monroe Doctrine" and the 
United States compelled Napoleon to withdraw his 
troops. He was overpowered and, with two of his 
generals, was shot by the Mexicans. -See Rid., p. 701. 

IJ:. The 14th Amendment proposed by Congress, 
June 16, 1866, guaranteeing equal civil rights to all 
regardless of race or color and basing representation 
in each state on the number of the voters. Declared 
in force, July 28, 1868. 

If). See Outline of Slavery, p. 01. 

Grant, Colfax and Wilson. 1869-77. 

1. Orant was the eighteenth president. James 
Buchaium's was the eighteenth administration. 

2. Two terms. 

8. See Growth of Slavery, p. 91, No. 25. 

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the last spike of a line of railroad connecting the 
Atlantic coast with the Pacific, was driven at Og- 
den, Utah, May 10, 1869/'— See M., p. 838. 

5. See heading of this administration. 

6. It is a name of a secret order established 
1809, one of the largest labor organizations of the 
United States. 

7. The li)th amendment guarantees to all the 
right of SLitfrage, irrespective of race, color or pre- 
vious condition of servitude. Proposed by Congress, 
Feb. 2(5, 1869, declared in force, March 80, 1870. 

8. Chicago fire, Octol)er 8-9, 1871. Boston fire 
November 9, 1872. 

9. Tweed Ring or " Tammany Frauds", organ- 
ized 1857, was a political ring that controlled leg- 
islation at Albany concerning the city of New York 
and the votes in the city itself. Its leader was \Vm. 
M. Tweed, It was exposed at a mass meeting in 
September 1871. — See " Dictionary of American Pol- 
itics." Ku Klux Klan was an organization that 
sprang up in the South during the period of recon- 
struction. Its object was the suppression of the 
n»>gro as a factor in politics. It is supposed to have 
sprung up about 1867. — See M., p. 386. 

10. They were demands on part of the U. S. for 
damages incurred from a violation of English neu- 
trality in the Civil war by the cruisers "Alabama", 
"Florida" and '"Shena-idoah". 

11. See Ref., Treaties, p. 77. Gen. Review Ans. 4. 

12. The Joint High Commission was composed of 
distinguished statesmen and jurists from both 
countries who met at Washington, and arranged 
the basis of a treaty between the IJ. S. and Great 
Britain, 1871. 

18. See Ref., Wars, p. 76, No. 2i. 



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14. After the close of the Civil war, all persons 
receiving an office in the United States, or candi- 
dates for office, were required to take the "iron- 
clad oath" that they had not been in rebellion 
against the governnienr. This barred nearly all 
the southern men from office, and the men who 
were seeking office went to the southern states to 
take their places. Horace (Ireely gave them the 
name of "('arpet Baggers" or " Scalawags". 

1;"). Horace (jreely was born at Amherst, N. H., 
February 5J, 1811. His parents were very poor. He 
was a man of extraordinary ability, and began life 
as a printer. He sought work in Xew York (Mty, 
without a friend and with only $10 in his pocket. 
Worked as a compositor and gained the reputation 
of being a great journalist. Founded the "New 
York Tribune". Was one of Jeff ])avis's bondsmen 
May, 18()7. Defeated for presidency in the autumn 
of 1872. Died November 29, less than a month af- 
ter the election. 

IG. More railroads were built than w^ere needed 
in the west and multitudes of people put their sav- 
ings into these new enterprises, hoping to get rich, 
and this with other causes brought on the failure of 
a large banking house — .lay Cook & Co., Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania, in the autumn of 187Ji. — See 
M., p. m7. 

17. During the summer of 1870, it w\as held in 
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., in commemora- 
tion of the signing of the Declaration of Independ- 
ence. It was an exhibition of the arts and industries 
of all nntions — See B., p. 292. 

18. The Salary Act was the changing of the sal- 
ary of the president from }j?2r),0()0 to .tr)(),()00. 1874. 

19. .$8,000 per year. 

20. " The Women's Crusade" was a great tem- 
perance movement in which the leading women of 



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the nation took an active part. 

21. This is known as the war with tlie Sioux, 
June 25, 1876. At tlie Little Horn river a fierce 
battle was fought in which Gen. Custer and all of 
his men were killed. This battle is called by some 
historians the " Battle of the Big Horn", 

22. It was the boundary line between British 
Columbia and the United States. 

23. Specie Resumption Act was an act passed by 
Congress in 1876, providing for the redemption in 
coin of all legal tender notes after Jan. 1, 1879. 

24. Grant's Indian policy was to win them by 
having schools, model farms and to offer premiums 
for the best cattle, etc. Jefferson's policy was to 
purchase their lands of them and lead them to ag- 
riculture instead of war. 

2i>. Emperor of Brazil who was present with 
Grant at the opening of the Centennial and made a 
journey through the states. 

26. Grant appointed a commission of men to ex- 
amine the condition of the island of San Domingo 
for the purpose of annexing it to the republic, but 
this measure was rejected by Congress. — See Ref., 
p. 72, Spaniards Xo". 1. B., p. 289. 

R. B. Hayes and W. A. Wheeler. 1877-81. 

1. By a Joint Electoral Commission, composed 
of five Senators, five Representatives and five Judg- 
es of the Supreme Court. 

2. The following presidents were inaugurated on 
Mondav, March r)th. (The 1th being Sunday.) 
James Madison, 1821, Zachary Taylor, 1849, Ruth- 
erford B. Haves, 1877, and George Washington on 
Thursday, April 80, 1789. 

NOTR . — Washington was inaufjurated at New York, tlie first 
term. Washington's second term and John Adams's were at Phil- 



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adelphia. Thomas Jefferson was fhe first at Washington, D. C. — 
For dates of Capitol, see U. S. Congresses, p. 94. 

li. The r. S. troops were withdra-wn from the 
S<nithern states. 

4. There are tliree provisions to the bill known 
as the Bland and Allison Bill, namely: First, That 
the silver dollar should a«>'ain be coined, and at the 
ratio of 16 to 1 ; second, That silver should be legal 
tender, at face value, for all debts, public and pri- 
vate; third, The Secretary of Treasury was to buy 
not less than $2,000,000, nor more than .$4,000,000 
worth of silver bullion each month and coin it into 
dollars. 

5. The first was the Baltimore and Ohio R. R. 
See John (^. Adams's administration, Ans. 8-9. 

G. The train hands on the Baltimore and Ohio 
railroad "struck" at Martinsburo-. West Virginia, 
in. consequence of a reduction in their wages. 

7. The Grangers were members of an association 
known as the '* Patrons of Husbandry'', formed to 
protect the interests' of the western farmers against 
all oppressive monopolies, particularly the wealthy 
railway monopolies. 

8. Bland and Allison bill. 

9. A. G. Bell, of Washington. It came into gen- 
eral use in 1877. 

10. In 1875. Capt. Eads built new river banks 
near the mouth of the Mississippi, thus making the 
channel narrower and the current strong enough to 
sweep the sand and mud out into the sea. Xow the 
loaded ships can pass through directly. 

11. There were two treaties with ('hina, made in 
1880 — one relating to commerce, the other granting 
to our government the regulation of the Chinese 
immigration. — See B., p. 295. 

12. Yellow fever. 



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Jas. A. Garfield. Chester A. Arthur. 1881-5. 

1. Garfield was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 
Nov. 19, 1881. He was left fatherless when he was 
a small child of twelve. He began to aid in sup- 
porting the family, working as a carpenter, then a 
book-keeper, then a boatman on the Ohio and Erie 
Canal, then a school teacher, improving his spare 
moments for e lucation. Next we find him at Hiram 
College paying his tuition by being janitor. Then 
Senator in 1859. Colonel of an Ohio regiment 1861, 
and at last, twenty-seven years from the time he 
applied for a chance to ring a bell at Hiram College, 
he became the president of the U. S. — See Black's 
" Life of Garfield". 

2. Like Lincoln's, his early life was passed in 
hardship and poverty, he arose above all difficulties 
and made his own way by the force and integrity of 
his character to the highest position in the land. 
—See M., p. 843. 

8. James A. Garfield, of Ohio, and Chester A, 
Arthur, of New York, Republican. Winfield S, 
Hancock, of Pennsylvania, and William H. English, 
of Indiana. Democrat. .James B. Weaver, of Iowa, 
and Benjamin .7. Chambers, of Texas, Greenback 
Labor.— See B., p. 295. 

4. Republican party. 

5. The first act after taking the oath of office was 
to kiss his aged mother and say, "' I owe everything 
I am and have to my mother." — See " Architects 
of Fate", p. 12. His second act was to consider 
the Star Route frauds. 

6. He was shot by Charles (xuiteau. after several 
attempts, on the morning of .Tuly 2!id, 1881, while 
walking in the Baltimore railway station at Wash- 
ington. D. C accompanied by Secretary Blaine. 
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were to be placed as students. There is a large sil- 
ver star to mark the spot where he fell.— See Rid 
p. 780. 

7. He was removed to Long Branch, N. J 
where he died September 19, 1881. This was the 
date of the anniversary of the battle of Chiekamau- 
ga, where Garfield gained his military reputation 
—See Rid., p. 731. 

8. Hiram College, and in 1857 was its president. 

9. Ohio and Erie Canal. 

10. He took the oath first in his own house in the 
City of New York, on the same night that Garfield 
died, and then in the Capitol at Washington in the 
presence of Judges of the Supreme Court. Sent 
21, 1881.— See B., p. 29'). ^ ' 

11. Xearly^all of his cabinet officers resigned. — 
See Rid., p. 780. Tyler's cabinet resigned except- 
ing Daniel Webster who was negotiating a treaty 
with Great Britain. Tyler, (the only president 
whose name does not contain an a), was in violent 
opposition to his party. 

12. 1882. Edmund's law was intended to sup- 
port polygamy in Utah and the neighborincr ter- 
ritories. ^ 

18. 1877. 

14 Civil Service Reform implies that each office 
J" «n government not provided for by ballot, shall 
be hlled by men whose qualifications are to be test- 
ed by examination, irrespective of party 

If). 1885. 

Grover Cleveland. T. A. Hendricks. 1885-9. 

Vrrn^^'"^*^'^^^'^' ^^I'over Cleveland, of New York 
and Thomas Hendricks, of Indiana. Republican,' 
James G. Blaine, of Maine, and John A. Logan of 
Illinois. People^s Party, B. T. Butler, of Mass., 



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and A. M. West, of Miss. National Prohibition 
Part3% J. P. St. John, of Kan., and Wm. Daniel, of 
lAld.— See B., p. 298. 

2. Democratic Party. 

8. Organized at Decatur, Ills., April 6 ISGO, by 
Dr. B. F. Stephenson. The first national conven- 
tion of the G. A. R. was held in Indianapolis, Xov. 
20, 1866. 

4. May 4, 1886.— See B., p. 299. 

;'), Bedloe's Island, in New York Harbor, l)y the 
Republic of France. The height is 829 ft., and the 
cost was over .$200,000. .^JiOO.OOO was raised in this 
country to build the foundation. —See M., p. 853. 

6. The Presidency, the Presidential Elections, 
Interstate Railroads, Chinese Immigration. — See 
M., p. 854. 

7. Aug. 31, and Sept. 1, 1886. The earth's 
trembling continued for some montlis thereafter. 

Benj. Harrison. L. P. Morton. 1889-93. 

1. Wm. H. Harrison, hero of Tippecanoe and 
the Thames, was born in Va. ,Feb. 9, 1778. He disl in- 
guished himself in Wayne's conflict with the 
northwestern tribes in 1794. In 1799 he was elected 
first delegate to Congress, representing the territory 
including the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, 
Michigan. He was elected president of the V . S. 
by an immense majority and was inaugurated Mar. 
4, 1841. Died April 4. one motith later. Benjamin 
Harrison was born in Ohio, Aug. 20, 1888, the 
grandson of Wm. H. Harrison. He was elected to 
the Senate in 1880 and to the presidency in J 888. 

2. To celebrate the inauguration of Washington 
and of the beginning of our government under the 
Constitution, which was celebrated in New York 
City. Read Ans. 1, p. 180. 



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3. During this administration. 

4. This is known as "Tlie Ballot Reform". It is a 
system of voting used in Australia and adopted by 
most of our states. Under this system, the ballots 
are printed at public cost, and each man is alone 
when he prepares his vote, thereby making it less 
possible to buy or sell votes. 

5. Pan American Congress consisted of the Span- 
ish-American and Portuguese - American States, to 
the number of nine, appointing delegates who met 
ten members of Congress appointed by Harrison, at 
Washington, in October 1889. The main question 
discussed was commerce. 

6. 62.908,750. Census is an official registration of 
the number of the people, or value of their estates, 
or other general statistics of a country. 

7. On the question of commerce with Spain. We 
also had trouble with the Republic of Chili,(See Rid. 
p. 773.) and a secret society of Italians at New Or- 
leans, March 14. 1891. 

8. All great cities were tilled with brilliant pa- 
rades. Many thousands of school children marched 
in gay processions. 

9. In 1890.— McM., p. 467. 

10. The Farmer's Alliance is an organization for 
the purpose of promoting sociability, spreading in- 
formation concerning agriculture and the price of 
grain and cattle, and guarding the interests and wel- 
fare of the farmer.— See McM.. p. 408. 
Grover Cleveland. A. Stevenson. 1893-7. 
1. The election was a complete triumph for the 
Democratic party, and for the first time since 1861, 
the House, Senate and President were all Demo- 
cratic. 



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2. Our manufactories all over the country shut 
down and a period of distress set in. Over three 
hundred banks failed and people began to draw in 
their depoj^its and hoard them, causing a '"'tight 
money market". — See McM., p, 472. 

3. Sherman Act, of 1890, was a bill authorizing the 
Secretary of the Treasury to buy 4,500,000 ounces of 
silver bullion each month, and pay for same with pa~ 
per money called Treasury notes, redeemable in gold 
or silver,— See McM., p. 468. 

4. On Nov. 1, 1893, the compulsory purchase clause 
was repealed. This was followed by a steady fall in 
the value of silver. This was a serious blow to the 
silver producing states and to prosperity. 

o. A company calling itself the '•Commonweal of 
Christ" or Coxey's Army, or Coxeyites, composed of 
about one hundred unarmed men, who started out 
from Massillon, Ohio, on March, -25, 1894, to go to the 
capitol, Washington, D. C, led by J. S. Coxey. His 
chief marshal was Carl Browne, of California. EarJy 
in May there were six armies. Coxey 's scheme was 
to urge on Congress the enactment of his measures 
for relief to the unemployed men. He paraded 
through the streets to the Capitol grounds, May 1. 
For violating the statute against carrying a banner 
in the grounds and trespassing on the grass I he was 
arrested, lined live dollars and imprisoned twenty 
days. This wrecked his plan of presenting his pe- 
tition. 

6. He was president of the Hawaiian Republic. He 
refused to surrender to the queen, and denied the 
right of Cleveland to impose conditions or interfere 
in any way the domestic concerns of Hawaii. 

7. The dispute was in 1895, settled by a treaty 



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which was signed at Washington between Great Brit- 
ain and Venezuela, Nov. 12, 1896. 

8. Business depression. 

9. Free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at 
the ratio of 16 to 1. 

Wm. McKinley. G. A. Hobart. 1897-1901. 

1. Republican, Wm. McKinley, of Ohio. Silver 
Democrat, Wm. J. Bryan, of Nebraska. People's 
Party, Thomas C. Watson, of Georgia. Prohibition, 
Joshua P. Levering, of Maryland. Socialist, Chas. 
H. Matchett, of New York. Gold Democrat, Senator 
John M. Palmer, of Illinois. 

2. Republican. 

3. Wm. PI. Harrison, born in Virginia, elected 
from Ohio. U. S. Grant, born in Ohio, elected from 
Illinois. Rutherford B. Hayes, born in Oliio, elected 
from Ohio. James A. Gartield, born in Ohio, elected 
from Ohio. Benjamin Harrison, born in Ohio,elected 
from Indiana. Wm. McKinley, born in Oliio, elected 
from Ohio. 

4. Secretary of State, John Sherman, of Ohio, 1897, 
Wm., R. Day, of Ohio, 1897, John Hay, of Ohio, 1898. 
Secretary of Treasury, Lyman J. Gage, of Hi., 1897. 
Secretary of War, Russell A^ Alger, of Mich., 1897, 
Secretary of Navy, John D. Long, of Mass., 1897. 
Secretary of Interior, Cornelius N. Bliss, of N. Y., 
1897, Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Mo., 1899. Secretary of 
Agriculture, James Wilson, of Iowa, 1897. Post- 
master General, James A. Gary, of Md.. 1897, Charles 
E. Smith, Pa., 1898. Attorney General, Joseph Mc- 
Kenna, of Cal , 1697, John W. Griggs, of N. J., 1897. 

NOTE— Secretary of Navy b -gun under Adams, 1798. Postmas- 
ter General began under Jackson, 1829. Secretary ot Interior be- 
gan under Taylor, 1849. Secretary of Agriculture began under 
Cleveland, 1889 



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5. U. S. Grant, who was forty-seven. Wm. J. 
Bryan, who was thirty-six. 

NOTE.— The oldest president was Win. H. Harrison who was 68. 

6. See Ret'., p. 125. 

7. Tariff and free silver. 

8. Camerson. 

9. Joseph B. Foraker. 

10. The government sent the battleship "Maine" 
on its peaceful mission to Havana, where it was re- 
ceived by the Spanish forts and vessels in the harbor 
with the courtesies customarily extended to visiting 
warships of a friendly power. The " Maine" was led 
to an anchorage by its hosts, where on the night of 
February 15, 1898, it was destroyed by the explosion 
of a submarine mine. Tliis was the unanimous de- 
cision reached by the court, March 21, 1898. 

NOTE.— The court of inquiry was composed oi Capt. W. T. 
Sampson, Capt. F. C. Chadwick, Lieut. Com. W. P. Potts, and 
Lieut. Com. Adolph Marix 

11. Fitzhugh Lee, born 1835, nephew of Gen. Rob- 
ert E. Lee, served gallantly on the Confederate side 
during the Civil war as major general of cavalry, and 
governor of Virginia 1886-90; consul general to Cuba 
1896. 

12-21. See Outline, p. 51. 

22. 

NOTE —The peace commissioners of the U. S.: Wm. R. Day, of 
Ohio, Cushman K. Davis, of Minn , Wm. P. Krye, of Maine, Geo- 
Gray, of Delaware. Whitelaw Reid, of New York. 



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Answers to General Review ftuestions. 

1. See Ref., p. 92. 

2. On Feb. 5, 1836, Henry L. Pinckney, of S. C, in- 
troduced a resolution in the House of Representatives 
which forbade any petition, resolution or paper, re- 
lating in any way to slavery, or, to table all bills 
concerning slavery. — See Dictionary of American 
Politics, p. 230. 

3. Kitchen Cabinet was the name given to Francis 
P. Blair, editor of the " Globe ", and Hon. Amos Ken- 
dall, the principal contributor to the paper, by the 
opponents— Whigs— of President Jackson's adminis- 
tration. President Jackson would frequently consult 
with these men and to avoid observation, they would 
pass through the back door into another room. 

4. 1st, Alabama Claims, 1871, were claims of the 
U. S. against Great Britain.— For claims see Grant's 
Administration, p. 212, Ans. 10.) The committee 
consisting of live Americans and five English states- 
men, which met at Washington, concluded that it 
should be settled by arbitration. This Arbitration, 
or Tribunal, met at Geneva, 1872, consisting of rep- 
resentatives from Great Britain, United States, 
Italv. Brazil and Switzerland, and decided that Great 
Britain should pay the U. S. $15,500,000. 2nd, North- 
western Boundary Dispute, concerning San Juan 
Island in Puget Sound; left to Emperor William I., 
of Germany, to settle. He decided in favor of the 
U. 8. 3rd, Canadian Fishery Dispute, left to arbi- 
trators, who decided that the U. S. pay Great Britain 
$5,000,000.— Halifax awarded.— See M., p. 339, and 
Ref., Treaties, p. 77, No. 25. 

5. See Ref., Wars, p. 75, Nos. 11, 15, 22, 23, 26. 



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6. Eminent statesman and " Friend of America". 
He delivered a powerful address in the House of 
Commons exposing the cause of American rebellion, 
the Stamp Act. "You have,'" said he, "no right to 
tax America. I rejoice that America has resisted." 
See Ref., Quot., p' 117, No. 121. Rid., p. 183. 

7. See Ans 4, above. 

8. Monmouth, now Freehold, a village eighteen 
miles southeast of New Brunswiclc, N. J.; June 28, 
1778 ; Washington against Clinton ; Americans had 
about 70 killed and 160 wounded ; the British lost in 
killed and wounded and prisoners 358 ; colonial vic- 
tory. Fort Donelson, on Cumberland river, Tenn., 
was captured by Commodore Foote and Gen. Grant, 
1862, from the Confederates. Monterey, Mexico, 
Sept. 24, 1846, Taylor against Ampudia, American 
victory ;(This battle is sometimes called the "Battle 
of the house tops" because the Mexicans fought from 
the roofs of houses.) Sliiloh, a small village in Har- 
din Co., Tenn.; Apr. 6-7, Grant against Beauregard, 
6th Confederate victory, '7th Union victory. Get- 
tysburg, capital of Adams Co., Pa.: Union army 
under Gen. Meade, Confederate under Gen. Lee, July 
l-,3, 1863, Union victory.* Lookout Mountain, Tenn., 
Nov. 24-5, Grant against Longstreet and Bragg, 
Union victory.— See Reference, Battles, p. 80. 

9. James Monroe. 

10. See Ref.. Battles of 1812, p. 82. 

11-2. See Ref., pp. 72-4. 

13. See Ref.. Conventions, p. 106, No. 5. 



*This was I^ee's second attempt to invade the north. Fed- 
eral forces 8o,ooo loss 23.000. Confederate forces, 70,000, loss 
30.000. Hooker superseded by Meade, Battle field is now a na- 
tional cemetery. 



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14. See Zachary Taylor's Admin., p. 200, Ans. 12. 

15. It was issued by Jackson, requesting the com- 
missioners to receive specie payment for the public 
lands sold. This brought about the panic of 1837. 
See Jackson's Admin., p. 195. Ans. 1.3. 

16. See p. 149, Ans. 187. 

17. The trouble with Spain, 1899. 
• 18. See Ref., pp. 94, 98. 

19. For the first four see Acquisition of Territory, 
p. 91. Read Constitution, Art. I, § 8. District of 
Columbia was ceded by the state of Maryland. It 
extended 60 sq. mi. on one side of the river and Vir- 
ginia, and 40 sq. mi,, on the other. It constituted 
the Federal district.* Oklahoma was a part of In- 
dian Ter. which was obtained by the Louisiana Pur- 
chase, 1803, and was set apart for the red men. It 
was thrown open for settlement April 22, 1889. 

20. Jackson, Jan. 8, 1815. Brock, June 1, 1813, north- 
west of New York. Taylor, Feb. 23, 1847, Mexico. 
Thomas and Rosecrans, Sept. 20, 1863, Tenn. — See 
Battles, pp. 80-89. 

21. Under the Alien laws the president could expel 
from the country any foreigner whom he deemed in- 
jurious to the United States.f Under the Sedition 
law any one libelling congress, the president or the 



* The site of the national capitol was selected in 1790, 
laid out April 15, 1791, become capitol in iSoo District of Colum- 
bia has a supreme court with six judges and a police court with 
one judge. The citizens have no representatives in Congress, nor 
a vote in either district or national affairs. The capitol, Washing- 
ton, was burned by the, British general, Ross, who said, " I will 
make a cow pasture of these Yankee eapitol grounds." 

t The president never enforced the Alien law and no one 
-was banished from the country. — See M., p. 200, note 2. 



226 Answers on u. s. history. 

government, could be fined orimprisoned. 

NOTE — Matthev/ lyyon, congressman of Vermont, was punished 
for calling the president's annual address, "The King's speech", 
and other disrespectful language. He was fined $1000 and given 
four months imprisonment. There were a number of others for 
violation of this law, but were pardoned after Jefferson's inaugu- 
ration. —See Ans 7, p 183 

22. See Ref., Wars, p. 75, and Battles, p. 80, 89. 

23. See Historical Poems, p. 118. 

NOTE.—" Death of Capiain Nathan Hale,"— F. M. Finch. "The 
American Flag."— Joseph K. Drake. " Hiawa'ha."- H. W. Long- 
fellow. " The American Hero." — Nathaniel Niles. " Loss of the 
Cumberland."— H. W. Longfellow. "The Present Crisis."— James 
Russell Lowell. 

24. See Growth of Slavery, p 90, No. 13. 

25. Page 168, Ans. 107. 

26. He was a celebrated traveler at Venice about 
1520. He visited the chief cities and countries of 
Asia, travelled through the kingdoms of China, Jap- 
an, sailing through the Chinese sea and Indian 
ocean, which no other European had ever seen be- 
fore.— See p. 153, Ans. 233. 

27. In order to familiarize ourselves with all the 
principles which have influenced the fortunes of the 
nations, which have preceded and are contempora- 
neous with them. 

28. " For the sake of common defense."— Ec, p. 93. 

29. See Lincoln's Admin., p. 208, Ans. 43. 

30. In 1643 the general court of Massachusetts or- 
dered that the Indian wampum should pass current 
in the payment of debts to the amount of forty shil- 
lings. The first mint for coining money in New 
England was erected in 1652. The money coined was 
shillings, sixpences and threepences, with a tree on 
one side and "New England" and the value of the 
coin, on the other. Paper money was issued by Car- 



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olina in the year 1706, to defray the expenses of their 
Indian wars. In 1691 Massachusetts issued bills of 
credit to pay the troops of King William's war. 
Connecticut, New Jersey and New York followed in 
turn, 1709, Georgia 1760. The first emission of bills 
of credit by congress was in June 1775, two million 
dollars ; again in 1776 twenty million dollars. In 1780 
there were aoout two hundred million dollars, of con- 
tinental money in circulation. — See G., p. 255. 

31. See Ref., pp. 72. 74. 

32. See Ans. 272, this list. 

33. Chicago, by the Northwest Territory which 
was organized by the same congress that framed our 
constitution, 1786-7. (See p. 155, Ans. 255, and p. 181, 
Ans. 18.) This territory was ceded to the U. S. by 
New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Virginia. 
Denver, by the Louisiana Purchase, or treaty with 
France, 1802. Seattle, by occupancy, ( or Louisiana 
Purchase). See Acquisition of Ter., p. 91. 

NOTE.— St. Louis, by treaty with France. San Francisco, by 
treaty with Mexico. 

34. Kansas and Nebraska Bill. Ref., p. 90, No. 10. 
Pierce's Admin., p. 200, Ans. 7. 

35. See Constitution. 

36-7. See Declaration of Independence. 
38-9. President, 1898, Wm. McKinley, salary $50,000 
a year, term four years. Vice president. Garret Ho- 
bart, $8,000 a year. Chief Justice of the United 
States. Mellville W. Fuller, of 111., appointed 1888, 
salary $10,500. Associate Justices, salary $10,000 each : 
John M. Harlam, Ky., appointed 1877: Horace Gray. 
Mass.. appointed 1881; David J. Brewer, Kan., ap- 
pointed 1889 ; Henry B. Brown, Mich., appointed 1890 ; 
George Shiras, Jr., Pa., appointed 1892 ; Edward D. 
White. La., appointed 1854 ; Ruf us W. Peckham, N. 



228 Answers on u. s. history. 

Y., appointed 1837 ; Joseph McKenna, Cal., appoint- 
ed 1890. 

40-1. Lagoons, a species of lakes formed by the 
overflowing either of the sea or a river, or by tlie in- 
filtration of water from these. Patroons, see p. 139, 
Ans. 84, n. Pilgrims, see p. 145, Ans. 58. Jesuits, or 
•'Society of Jesus", a celebrated religious order of 
the Roman Catholic church ; a number of of these 
Jesuits came to America in the early history of the 
U. S. as missionaries among the Indians. Quakers, 
see p. 125, No. 2, p. 137, Ans. 73. For the next three 
see Ref., Curious Phrases, etc., ISTos. 16, 34, 40. 
Know Nothings, or "American Party", reappeared 
as a secret organization. 1852, with the principles of 
Americanism, or "America must rule America." 
Unionist, or Constitutional Union Party, was a name 
adopted at a convention in Baltimore, May 1860, of 
those Whigs who had not, on the dissolution of their 
party, joined either the Republicans or Democrats ; 
their principles were the constitution pf the country, 
the union of the states and the enforcement of the 
laws ; this party disappeared at the beginning of the 
Civil war. Fillibusters, see p. 201, Ans. 10. 

42-3. First, see p. 159, Ans. 17-9. Second, see p. 162, 
Ans. 48-9. 

44. He was a British minister during the Revolu- 
tionary war. Their independence. — See Ec, (old 
ed.) p. 178. 

45. " With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now 
take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your 
latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your 
former ones have been glorious and honorable. I can 
not come to each of you to take my leave, but shall 
be obliged to you if each of you will come and take 



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me by the hand.'' 

NOTE. -Gen. Knox was first, Robert Burnet was last. Before 
departing they formed a society called "Cincinnati," in honor of 
Washington, the "Cincinnatus of the West".-See p. 171, Ans. 122, 

46. The society above mentioned. 

47. See Battles, Revolution, pp. 80-2. 

48. See p. 169, Ans. 109. 

49-50. See Battles, Revolution, pp. 80-2, 164, Ans. 
(60-1. 

NOTE.— Foreign aid, p. 167, Ans. 88. 

51. About nine months.-See p. 168, Ans. 105. For 
Congresses, p. 93. 

52-3. Wm. Jasper. -See p. 164, Ans. 69. 

54-5. French and Indian war, Sept. 13, 1759, French 
Montcalm, British, Wolfe. War of 1812, July 25, 1814, 
Scott and Brown against Riall. Civil war, Sept. 17, 
1862, McClellan supersedes Burnside against Lee. 
Civil war, Apr. 8, 1862, Pope and Foote. — See Ref., 
pp. 80-9. 

56. Baron Steuben was born in Prussia, 1730. He 
was an officer of Frederic the Great. He offered his 
service to the American army, and prepared them for 
future success. He was generous in character and 
spent his whole fortune in clothing his men, and gave 
his last dollar to his soldiers. 

57. French, La Fayette with Count de Grasse, 
Rochambeau and D'Estaing. German, John De 
Kalb, Frederic Steuben. Poles, Thaddeus Koscius- 
ko, Count Casemir Pulaski. 

58. President Jackson believed that the U. S. bank 
(established 1791) was badly managed and unsafe. 
When the charter of the U. S. bank of 1816 (which 
lasted for twenty years, or 1836,) expired, Jackson re- 
fused to grant another charter, or the right to do 
business. Thomas H. Benton, or " Old Bullion", also 



230 Answers on u. s. history. 

opposed the banks.— See M. p. 239, and Henry's "Voice 
of the People". 

59. The Electoral Commission created by Congress, 
was composed of five senators, five representatives, 
and five justices of the supreme court, who decided 
the presidential election of 1876. 

60. La Fayette, 1825, where Gen. Warren had fallen 
in 1775. Dedicated by Daniel Webster.— Read Daniel 
Webster's "Bunker Hill Oration''. 

61. In 1824. 

62. Because the English took advantage of and cru- 
elly treated them. 

63-4. It was a bill, or act, introduced by Stephen A. 
Douglas, or "Little Giant", senator from Illinois, 
Jan. 4, 1854, which repealed the Missouri Compro- 
mise and advocated popular sovereignity, or the right 
left to the majority of the people of each territory, 
to dei'ide for themselves whether the new state 
should come into the union free or slave holding. 
The effect was that a bitter contest arose between 
the slavery and anti-slavery men which caused a 
scene of lawless violence in Kansas for several years. 
—See H., p. 429. 

65. La Salle, 1669. 

66-7. (The first three named below, are the divis- 
ions of General History.) Ancient History, refers 
to remote antiquity, to the fall of the Roman Em- 
pire, 476 A. D. Mediieval History, refers to the period 
from the fall of Rome, 476, to the close of the 15th 
century. Modern History, refers to the period from 
the 15th century to the present time. Sacred History 
refers to religion, or historical part of the Scriptures. 
Profane History, refers to secular affairs, or a history 
written by uninspired writers. Civil History, refers 



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to the government. 

NOTE.— Political History is the history of states and empires. 
Ecclesiastical History is the history of the Christian church. 
Biography is the history of a single individual. Autobiography is 
the history of an individual which has been written by himself. 
The Father of History is Herodotus, a Grecian, who traveled along 
the Nile 450 B. C. He based his accounts upon information ob- 
tained from the priests. Gov. Bradford is called the "Father of 
American History". For definition of History, .see p. 130. Ans. i. 

68-9. See Ref., Rattles of 1812, pp. 2-4. 

70. See p. 173, Ans. 5, p. 170, Ans. 115, p. 106, No. 4. 

71. See Outline, p. 51. 

72. To deliver a message sent by Gov. Dinwiddle, 

of Va., to a French officer at Fort le Boeuf. in Penn., 

near Lake Erie.— See p. 146, Ans. 157, and p. 148, Ans. 

169. 
73-4. Hay ne, senator of South Carolina. •'State 

Rights''. Webster, of Massachusetts, "Constitu- 
tional supremacy". 

NOTE —Webster's second reply to Hayne has been called " the 
most remarkable speech ever made in American Congress." This 
debate is known as the " Battle of the Giants". 

75. In Feb. 1762, Gen. Grant assisted by a fleet of 
gunboats under Admiral Foote. was endeavoring to 
effect the capture of Fort Donelson, situated on the 
Cumberland river, Tennessee. He was so successful 
that the Confederate generals, P'loyd and Pillow, had 
fled, leaving Gen. Buckner in command. Buckner saw 
the hopelessness of his situation, and wrote to Gen. 
Grant asking what terms of surrender would be al- 
lowed. Gen. Grant replied. "No terms other than 
unconditional and immediate surrender, can be ac- 
cepted. I propose to move immediately upon your 
works." Buckner yielded on Feb. 16th.— See Brown's 
" Dictionary of Politics"', p. 524. 

76-7. A lot of cotton obtained on the march to the 
sea. 



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78-81. Ordinance of 1787, was a compact between the 
original states and the states of the Northwest Ter- 
ritory which was ceded to the U. S. by Virginia.New 
York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. It was drawn 
up by Jefferson and adopted July 13, 1787.* For 
Jay's Treaty, see Ref., p. 76, No. 9, p. 181. No. 15. 
For Louisiana Purchase, see Ref., pp. 91, 186, Ans. 8. 
vvilmot Proviso was a bill introduced into Congress 
by David Wilmot, of Penn., for prohibiting slavery in 
any part of the territory acquired from Mexico; for 
full answer see p. 199, No. 16, and p. 90. No. 7. Mis- 
souri Compromise, see Growth of Slavery, p. 89, No. 
5, p. 191, No. 6-7. Omnibus Bill was introduced by 
Henry Clay. 1850, and had six provisions.— See p. 199, 
Ans. 2, Growth of Slavery, p. 90, No. 9. Monroe Doc- 
trine, see p. 191. No. 16. Specie Circular, see p. 195, 
No. 13. Tariff Reform, the object of the special ses- 
sion of Congress was to provide a large revenue for 
our government and at the same time give protec- 
tion to the industries of the country; this bill, 
reported by Dingley, was signed by McKinley, July 
24, 1897.— See Ec, p. 383. 

82. Two— Garfield and McKinley. 

88. See Ref., pp. 91-2. 

8-4. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration. 
(John Adams secured its adoption.) For drafters, 
see Ref., p. 125, or p. 165, Ans. 78. 

85. Gouverneur IMorris, of Penn., wrote the Con- 
stitution as was adopted. — See L. E. A., p. 202. 
Edmund Randolph was the proposer. — See p. 106, 
No. 4, n. 

86. Mercy Warren — James Otis's sister. 



1 



* Thomas Jefferson is the reputed author, but Nathan Dane, 
of Beverly, Mass., wrote it. 



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87. Patrick Henry opposed the words, " We, the 
people". 

88-9. It has six provisions from the beginning to 
Art. I. See Constitution of U. S. 

90-4. See Adoption of Constitution, p. 178, Ans, 
5, and p. 106, No. 4, n. 

9,5: May 25, 1787, at Philadelphia, Penn. — See 
Ref., Conventions, p. 106, No. 4. 

96-7. See p. 106, No. 4. and p. 174, Ans. 8-9. 

98. James Madison. 

99-100. See Ref., Conventions, p. 106, No. 4. 

101. Champlain in the summer of 1608, sailed up 
the St. Lawrence to Quebec where he established 
the first permanent French colony in America. (M., 
p. 54.) See Ref., Discoveries, p. 73, No. 9. For 
permanent settlements made by the French, see 
p. 45, Ans. 140. 

102. Spain held possession of Florida from the 
time of discovery by Ponce de Leon, 1513, till 1763, 
when it was ceded to Great Britain, who held it till 
1781, when west Florida, fell into the hands of the 
Spanish again, and in a treaty made in 1763, both 
provinces were given up to Spain. — See G., p. 370. 

103. See Ans. 57, above. 

104. Alexander Hamilton, of New York, under 
Washington.. Albert Gallatin, of Penn., under Jef- 
ferson. Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, under Lincoln. 
John Sherman, of Ohio, under Hayes. Lyman 
Gage, of Illinois, under McKinley, 

105. Samuel Houston who took a prominent part 
in the revolutionary movement of Texas and was 
made commander-in-chief of her army after she de- 
clared her independence. He was elected governor 
of Texas in 1859, 



234 Answers on u. s. history. 



106. Return of the army to civil life ; the public 
debt; the reconstruction question; 15th Amend- 
ment; the Freedman's Bureau and Civil Rights 
Bill ; the Tenure of Office act ; admission of Ne- 
braska and southern states into the union ; 14th 
Amendment ratified ; impeachment of the president 
and his acquittal ; release of Jeff Davis ; laying of 
the Atlantic cable ; purchase of Alaska ; treaty with 
China; death of Gen. Scott and Pres. Buchanan; 
Gen. Grant elected president. 

107. H. W. Longfellow. Paul Revere, John Pull- 
ing and others, were members of the Boston com- 
mittee of inspection and safety, who were solemnly 
sworn not to divulge their report and plans to any 
person excepting members of the committee, and 
with this understanding, with the aid of Wm. 
Dawes, the ride was signaled by John Pulling who 
displayed the lights in the North Church tower. 
The ride was from Charleston to Concord, April 18, 
1775. -See p. 160, Ans. 26-7-9, and "The Nation^', 
July 27, 1876. 

108. Beginning of a new government with its con- 
stitution ; empty treasury ; our ships were attacked 
by pirates ; England had made no treaty of com- 
merce with us and sent no minister to our govern- 
ment ; the Indians w^ere hostile. 

109. Sec. of State Seward and Senator Summer 
did the work mostly. It was introduced into Con- 
gress by Wm. Seward and purchased from Russia, 
May 20, 1867, for $7,200,000. This is known as the 
" iMidnight Treaty". 

110-11. The U. S. Military Academy is at West 
Point, on the Hudson river, N. Y. This academy 
was established by an act of Congress in 1802. The 
U. S. Naval Academy is at Annapolis, Md. This 
academy was founded in 1815 by the Hon. Geo. 
Bancroft, secretary of navy in the admin i.'.tration 



Answers on u. s. history. 235 

of James K. Polk. It was opened Oct. 10th of that 
year. The first superintendent was Franklin Bu- 
chanan- During the Civil war it was removed to 
Newport, R. I., and in 1865 to Annapolis, Md. 

112. U. S. Grant and VVm. Tecumseh Sherman. 

113. Appomattox Court House. Appomattox is a 
post village and the capital of Appomattox Co., Va. 

114. See p. 88, No. 16. 

115. See p. 161, Ans. .36. 

116-20. See Growth of Slavery, p. 89. 

121-4. The first ten amendments were proposed 
by Congress, Sept. 22, 1789, and declared in force 
Dec. 15, 1791, 1st, pertains to religion and free 
speech. 2nd, pertains to the right to bear arms. 
3rd, pertains to soldiers in time of peace, 4th, per- 
tains to right of search. 5th, pertains to capital 
crimes and arrest thereof. 6th, pertains to speedy 
trial. 7th, pertains to the trial by jury. 8rh, per- 
tains to excessive bail. 9th, pertains to the enum- 
eration of rights. 10th, pertains to the reserved 
rights of st;ites. 11th, pertains to judicial power; 
proposed Mar. 5, 1794, declared Jan. 8, 1798. 12th, 
pertains to the electors in presidential election and 
vice president ; proposed Dec. 12, 1808, declared 
Sept. 25, 1804. 18th, pertains to the prohibiting of 
slavery; proposed Feb. 1. 1865, declared Dec. 18, 
1865. 14th, pertains to(l) the protection of citizens, 
(2) appointment of representatives, (3) rebellion 
against the U. S., (4) the public debt; proposed 
June 16, 1866, declared July 28, 1868. 15th, pertains 
to the right of suffrage; proposed by Congress Feb. 
26, 1869, declared March 80, 1870. 

125. The apparent inclination of Congress and 
the administration to interfere in the financial 

troubles of the country. 
126-8. See Outline of Wars, p. 75. 



236 Answers on U. S. History. 

129. To those who opposed slavery. 
130-1. See this list No. 319. 
132-4. See Early Colleges, p. 92. 
185. High tax on tea. 

NOTE.— This is known as the famous " Tea Party " of men dis- 
guised like Indians who went on board the Briti.sh vessel, broke 
the chests that contained tea and threw it overboard in Boston har- 
bor, on the night of Dec. 16, 1773. The warwhoop was "Hurrah 
for Griffin's wharf". For fuller answer see p. 158, Ans. 10. 

186-8. See Ref., pp. 96-8. 

139-44. President Johnson claimed that the se- 
ceded states should be restored to their rights 
because they were never legally out of the Union, 
and Congress took decided ground against the 
president. — 89th Congress, McC, p. 871. For the 
states that seceded see Outline of Slavery, p. 90, 
No. 13. 56th Congress began Mar. 4, 1899, and 
ends March 4, 1901. 

145-7. George Washington's funeral oration was 
delivered by Gen. Henry Lee at the German Luth- 
eran church whore Congress met in funeral proces- 
sion. — See Rid., p. 239. The funeral services of 
Lincoln were held in the East room of the White 
House by Rev. Dr. Gurley and Bishop Simpson. 
His body was placed in a vault in Oak Ridge Ceme- 
tery, Springfield, Illinois, May 4th, 1865. — See J. 
H. Barrett's " Life of Lincoln'', p. 798. 

148-9. Professor Langdon.— See p. 168, Ans. 57-9. 
George Washington. — See Ans. 160-1, p. 147. 

150. Cleveland, Ohio. 

151-3. They were at war. But during the seventh 
century they were, by far, the most important 
maritime nation on the globe. 

154-5. French. To establish forts and hold the 
heart of North America. For settlements. See p. 
144, Nos. 188-40. 



Answers on v. s. history. 237 



156. Calhoun, for proposed president of a south- 
ern confederacy, known as the "South Carolina 
Nullification". Gallatin is called the "Father of 
U. S. Survey", and was the noted statesmen who 
said that Hamilton " made no blunders and com- 
mitted no frauds" when he examined his records. 
He was also the author of the tariff of 1816. John 
Marshall was one of the special envoys sent to re- 
open communication between France and the U. S. 
John C. Fremont, see Nicknames, p. 122. He was a 
Republican candidate in 1856 and a major general 
in the Civil war. Louis Agassiz, a scientist who 
knew more about fish than any other living man. 

157. This movement is known as the " Hammer- 
ing Campaign " divided between Grant and Sher- 
man. Sherman to march on Johnson and beat him, 
then destoy the railroads and shut off supplies, and 
then march to the sea. This gave Grant the oppor- 
tunity to approach Richmond by the way of 
Petersburg. 

158-60. Horace Greely, American journalist, 
founder of The New York Tribune, congressman 
from one of the districts of New York, candidate for 
president in the autumn of 1872 — was defeated. 
Benedict Arnold, the traitor, whose negotiations of 
1780 to deliver up West Point with its stores, to 
Sir Henry Clinton, cost Major Andre his life.— Read 
Ans. 112, p. 169. George B. McClellan, one of the 
commanders of the Army of the Potomac and the 
Democratic nominee for president in 1864; defeated 
and was governor of New Jersey. Winfield Scott 
was a general of the Mexican war, candidate for 
president 1852, was defeated. James G. Blaine, a 
Republican candidate for president, 1881, defeated; 
w^as secretary of state in Benjamin Harrison's ad- 
ministration. Grover Cleveland is known as the 
District Attorney, Sheriff and Mayor President. 



238 AnsWEKS UN U. S. HISTORY. 

Dewey, the hero of Manila, the commander of the 
Asiatic fleet. Watson, the commander of the bom- 
barding at Santiago. Shafter and Wheeler, the 
commanders of the land forces at Santiago. Samp- 
son, the commander of the Atlantic Squadron. 
Schley, the commander of the Flying Squadron. 
For others see outline of the Spanish war, p. 51-5. 

161-4. After Howe evacuated Boston, March 17, 
1776, he sailed with his army for Halifax, then for 
New York where the British army landed on the 
southwest shore of Long Island. Admiral Howe, 
his brother, was already encamped on Staten Is- 
land. Gen. Clinton, on August 26, marched north- 
ward to the neighborhood of Brooklyn. 

NOTE.— Washington su.spected that the British would next at- 
tack New York, so he moved his army on Brooklyn Hills, Apr. 13, 
1776, leaving Gen. Ward with five regiments to hold Boston. Gen. 
Burgoyne who superceded Sir Guy Carleton, organized an army 
of ten thousand men at Quebec, in the spring of 1777, for the in- 
vasion of New York. He began his march by way of the river 
Sorel and Lakes Champlain and George, toward Albany where he 
hoped to meet Col. St. Leger who was to come from Lake Ontario, 
by the way of Mohawk and then down the Hudson to New York. 
See Rid., and McC, for results. 

165. Twenty-five.* (1899.) 

166. See Curious Phrases, p. 127, No. 47, and p. 
212, No. 9. 

167-7U. 1643, Pennsylvania was settled at Phila- 
delphia, see Ref., p. 92; First New England 
Confederacy, see p. 187, Ans. 72. 1623, New 
Hampshire settled at Portsmouth, see p. 92. 1685, 
a public school established at Boston, Clayborne's 
rebellion, see p. 75. 1718, treaty of Utrecht, closed 
Queen Anne's war, see p. 76, No. 4. 1520, Carolina 
visited by De Ayllon, see p. 72, No. 7; Magellan 
circumnavigated the globe, see p. 74, No. 5. 1607, 
Virginia settled at Jamestown, see p. 92; Sir James 
Popham attempts to make a settlement in Maine. 



Answers on u. s. history. 239 

1618, Pocahontas marries John Rolfe. 1507, Wald- 
seemueller publishes a geography in which he sug- 
gests that the New World be called America, see p. 
132, Ans. 18. 1759, the French abandon Ticonder- 
oga and Crown Point ; Niagara surrendered to the 
English ; battle of the "Plains of Abraham" before 
Quebec; Montcalm and Wolfe killed, see p. 11:8, 
Ans. 165-6. 1670, South Carolina settled at Char- 
leston, p. 92. 1787, Constitution of United 
States was adopted in convention, p. 106, Ans. 
4 ; Congress passed the ordinance prohibiting sla- 
very in the Northwestern territory ; ( Thomas 
Jefferson is the reputed author, but Nathan Dane, 
of Beverly, Mass., wrote it), see p. 181. 1828, 
Monroe Doctrine, see p. 191, Ans. 16. 1866, Ten- 
nessee readmitted, see p. 91, No. 24; amount of 
national debt $2,778,286,173, the highest point 
reached. 1898, war with Spain. 

171. Christopher Columbus the eldest child, at 
the age of ten was sent to the university of Pavia 
where he continued for a period of three years. 
Here he became a good scholar in philosophy, as- 
trology, and geography. He was exceedingly fond of 
books. He was particularly pleased with books of 
voyages and travels, and had a desire to see foreign 
countries. At length he was allowed to go to sea. 
During this time there was much conversation by 
the commercial men about finding a way to the 
East Indies by water, sailing around the southern 
point of Africa. From books of geography and as- 
tronomy, and the commercial discussions, it 
naturally occurred to him that the earth was round 
and that there might be more land somewhere to 
counterpoise what was already known on one side 
of the globe. 

172-3. See p. 155, Ans. 255. 

War of 1812: Re- 



240 Answers on u. s. history, 

turn J. Meags, 1810- 18U. O. Looker, (acting) 
1814. 1860-65, Civil War, Wm. Dennison. 1860-62. 
David Tod, 1862-64. John Brongh, 1864-65. Chas. 
Anderson, (acting) 1865-6. 1898, Spanish Amer- 
ican Conflict, Asa Bushnell, 1895—. 

175. P. 143, Ans. 121. 

176. It was a union of Massachusetts, Connecti- 
cut, New Haven and Plymouth, known as the First 
Confederation in America, or New England Confed- 
eracy, 1643, which lasted forty years. — See Ec, p. 
65, M., p. 87. P. 137, Ans. 72. 

177-8. St. Lawrence River, discovered on St. Law- 
rence Day. Plymouth Colony, named from a port 
in England. Delaware, in honor of Lord Delaware. 
Philadelphia, " City of Brotherly Love", by Penn. 
See p. 153, Ans. 236, for complete list. 

179. Principal battles of the Civil War were the 
battles between the Monitor and the Merrimac on 
the coast of Virginia, John L. Worden — Franklin 
Buchanan, and the battle of Gettysburg. For the 
other battles see Ref.. pp. 85-9. Rid. 

NOTE.— The battle of Antietam, Md , Sept. 17, 1862, has been 
called the bloodiest day that America ever saw. McClellan 
against Lee. [87,000—60,000; 12,500 — 15,000] Charleston was the 
longest siege of the Civil war, lasting 585 days. 

180-1. On May 10, 1775, the forts at Crown Point 
and Ticonderoga were taken by Ethan Allen and 
Seth Warner with a few '' Green Mountain Boys " 
without firing a gun. Ticonderoga had cost Eng- 
land a very large sum of money and many lives ; it 
was taken, in ten minutes. — See Ec, p. 139. 

182. M.,p. 257. 

183-4. See Ref., Acts, p. 79, No. 11. Civil Ser- 
vice Act, or Pendleton Bill, approved by Congress, 
Jan. 16, 1883, is a method of appointing siibordin- 
ate officers of the government by examination, etc. 



Answers on U. S .History 241 

185-6. Tenure of Office bill made it unlawful for 
the president to remove any civil officer without the 
consent of the Senate. Specie Circular required all 
payments for public land to be paid in coin. 

187-8. 1641, New Hampshire united to Massachu- 
setts. 1753, Gov, Dinwiddie sent Geo, Washington 
to the French commander at Fort Le Boeuf. 1757, 
Fort William Henry was taken by the French un- 
der Montcalm. 1759, capture of Quebec. 1761, 
the great Commoner, Wm. Pitt, resigned. 1763, 
treaty of peace was signed at Paris, in Feb. — See 
Treaties, p. 76, No. 6. 

189. New York, in honor of the Duke of York, 
who became James II. New^ England, in honor of 
our " mother country". New Hampshire, in re- 
membrance of Hampshire, England. Georgia, in 
honor of George IT. Carolina, in honor of Charles 
II., derived from the latin word Carol us. 

190. They were the states that surrounded the 
Confederate states. See Outline, p. 90, No. 13. 

191. See Slave Outline, p. 90, No. 13. Jefferson 
Davis, president, Alexander Stephens, vice presi- 
dent. Montgomery, Ala., first capitol, Richmond, 
Virginia, second capital. 

19 . Franklin Peirce, 1869. Martin Van Buren, 
1862. John Tyler, 1862. James Buchanan, 1868. 

193. Andrew Johnson, mayor of Greenville, Tenn. 
Grover Cleveland, mayor of New York. John Tyler 
was a supervisor and James Monroe a justice of the 
peace afterwards. 

191. Camden and Murfreesboro. 

NOTE.— Gen. Wayne, July 15, 1779. at Stony Point, to prevent 
the discovery of a midnight attack by the Americans, had all the 
dogs killed. 

195. A fog saved Washinijton's army at the battle 
of Long Island and greatly benefitted it at the bat- 



Answers on u. s. history. 



tie of Germantown. — See M., p. 167. Stone wall at 
the battle of Lexicon. At the battle of German- 
town, the stone house belonged to Judge Chew, 
where the Americans retreated at the moment of 
victory and decided the battle. — See B., p. 120, 
McC, p. 498, Rid., p. 490. 

NOTE.— A rain saved our army three times, first at Catawba, 
second at Yadkin, third at Dan^ For dates see Ref., Battles, pp. 
8o-2, and read Ans. 92-3, p. 167. 

196. See Ref., p. 91. 

197. He was an American prisoner on the British 
fleet. He watched the fort all night, and by the 
flash of the cannon he could see our flag waving 
over it ; that inspired him to write on an old envel- 
ope "The Star Spangled Banner". For fuller 
answer see p. 190, Ans. 25-7. 

198. See Ref., Quot., p. 109, No. 28. 

199. See Ref., Quot., p. 109, No. 32. 

200. St. Leger with a large force of Canadians 
and Indians began a campaign against Fort Schuy- 
ler, on the Mohawk, Aug. 3, 1777. At this time 
Arnold led a detachment from the Hudson for the 
relief of Fort Schuyler, and to give the enemy an 
exaggerated idea of his force, sent a half-witted boy 
whose clothes were cut similar to the marks of bul- 
lets, into the camp of St. Leger to represent the 
Americans in number by pointing to the leaves of 
the trees. The Indians and St. Leger became 
scared and immediately took flight. 

201. See Ref., Historical Trees, pp. 119-20. 

NOTE.— Cedar, on Mis.sionary Ridge, close to the headquarters 
of Gen Bragg. It was to this tree he hitched his horse. " Wash- 
ington's Tree", or " George Wa.shington's Elm", was planted by 
Geo. Washington. It stands in the east part of the Capitol grounds 
near the great marble steps to the Senate portico. It is a beautiful 
American elm, very tall and stately, being about one hundred feet 
high. Sycamore, at Detroit, which was a silent witness of a 
surrender. 



Answers on U. S. History. 243 



202. See Ref., Curious Phrases, p. 125, Nos. 34, 
83, 81. 82, Free Soilers were the supporters of Fre- 
mont for the presidency in 1856. The cry was ■ 
*' Free Soil, free speech, free men and Fremont". 
See " Dictionary of Politics", p. 226. 

208. X. Y. Z. Papers, or mission, were letters 
sent to president John Adams from the commis- 
sioners of Paris, March 5, 1798, relating to the 
troubles with Franc3. When Adams sent a full 
report of the demand to Congress, he substituted 
the letters X. Y. Z. for the names of the French 
agents. It was read in Congress, April 81, 1798. 
These commissioners were appointed by a special 
session of Congress, May 19, 1797, and w^ere Pickney, 
John MarsluiU and Francis Dana, but the latter 
declined to serve. El bridge Gerry was substituted. 
They met in Paris, Oct., 1797. This is called the 
" Quasi War". See Ref., p. 76, No. 18, and Labor's 
Political Science. M., p. 200, McM., p. 210. 
The Henry Letters, known as John Henry's Con- 
spiracy, or Henry Documents, consisted of a 
correspondence between James H. Craig, governor 
of British America, and John Henry, whom he sent 
into New England in January, 1809, to report the 
feeling of that country on the question of secession 
from the union. Failing in this, he then sold them 
to President Madison for $50,000. They were frauds. 

204. See Ref., Quot., p. 110, No. 87. 

205. Martin Van Buren, born at Kinderhook, N. 
Y., December 5, 1782. 

206. See Ref., Acts, p. 78, No. 1. 

207. Samuel Adams at a town meeting held in 
Faneuil Hall, Boston, denounced the Stamp Act. — 
See his Nickname, p. 121, M., p. 150. 

208. Abraham Lincoln. 

209. Abraham Whipple. Full ans. p. 160, Ans. 22. 



244 Answers on U. S. History. 

210. Cotton was introduced in Virginia, 1621. 

211. A. S. Johnson, Kearney, Sedgewick, Stone- 
wall Jackson, Wads worth. 

212. Grover Cleveland. 

218-4. Half Moon was the name of Hudson's ves- 
sel. Golden Hind was the name of Francis Drake's 
ship. Constitution was the name of an American 
vessel that fought against the Guerriere by Hull, 
Aug. 19, 1812. —See Outline, Battles of 1812, p. 82. 
Maine, see Outline, p. 51. 

215. Because their governors were arbitrary and 
tyrannical. — See Ec, p. 70, M., p. 65, G., p. 51. 

216. The same as Ku Klux Klan. See Curious 
Phrases, p. 127, No. 47, p. 212, Ans. 9. 

217. ' ' Boss" Tweed was one of the commissioners 
of the public in New York, and was found guilty of 
fraud. He died in Ludlow Street jail. — See p. 212, 
Ans. 9, for full answer. 

218. This is known as the Cotton Centennial Ex- 
position, opened in the w^inter of 1884, by President 
Arthur. 

219. See p. 2)2, Ans. 6. P. 215, Ans. 7. 

220. Black List is a list of persons to be held 
under suspicion or censure, or who are of unsound 
credit, or who ha-ve joined in a strike, etc. Boycott 
signifies to corn-bine against by refusing to deal or 
associate with, or to place the products of merchan- 
dise under a ban. This comes fromCapf. Boycott, 
an agent of an English landlord. The people so 
despised him that they refused to work for, sell to, 
buy from, or have any dealings whatever with him. 

221. The Statue of Liberty is situated on Bedloe's 
Island, in New York harbor. Its foundation and 



Answers ON U. S. History. 245 

pedestal on which it stands cost the U. S. $300,000. 
The Republic of France presented it to the U. S. 
The woi'K was done by Bartholdi and cost $200,000. 
Height 889 ft. 

222. The Presidency, the presidential election, 
interstate railroads, Chinese immigration. 

228. Oct. 2, 1889, representatives of the leading 
governments of Central and South America together 
with the republic of Mexico, met representarives 
of the U. S. in a congress at Washington. Com- 
merce was the principal discussion. — Rid. 

224. A short piece of ordinance used in throwing 
bombs, shells, etc., at a high elevation. 

225. In Georgia. 

226. John A. Roebling and son, W. A. Roebling. 

227. George Peabody was a philanthropist who 
gave to the U.S. gifts for schools, colleges and li- 
braries amounting to five and one fourth million 
dollars. He was a native of Massachusetts, but a 
banker in London. See Ref., Humble Begin., p. 10-4. 

228. See p. 180, Ans. 4. 

229. President of the Senate. Benjamin Wade, 
of Ohio. 

280. James Monroe. 

281. See Slave Outline, p. 91, No. 25. 

282. Bland Silver bill, see p. 215, Ans. 4. John 
Sherman bill. Gen. Ref., p. 80, No. 25. Specie Re- 
sumption, see Ref., p. 79, No. 11. Specie Circular, 
p. 195, Ans. 18. 

288. See Ref., Nicknames, p. 127, No. 51. 
284. See p. 214, Ans. 24. 
235-41. See Ref., Nicknames, p. 124. 
242. See Ref., Historical Poems, p. 118. 



246 Answers on u. s. history. 

243. The national flag was adopted early in 1776. 

NOTE.— This flag was raised over Washington's army Jan. i 
1777.— See Headley's " Life of Washington". 

244. The national flag contained alternate red 
and white stripes with red and white bars in a blue 
field. 

245. Paul Jones was the first to raise the naval 
flag, 1779. France was the first to recognize us as 
a nation. — See Ec, p. 164. 

246. Captain Grey. 

247. Read Answers 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, Epoch I. 

248. Mason and Dixon surveyed the dividing line 
between Calvert Bros', and Wm. Penn's estates, 
which were Maryland and Pennsylvania, in 1767. 
During the Civil war this was the dividing line of 
slavery. 

249. " In the name of the Great Jehovah and the 
Continental Congress , I command you to surrender. ' ' 

NOTE.— Ethan Allen printed the first formed attack on the 
Christian religion in America. But his advice to his dying daugh- 
ter was "Believe in the principles of Christianity taught you by 
your pious mother". See p. 163, Answ^ers 52, 54, 55. 

250. See p. 145, Ans. 148-50, Ref., Wars, p. 75. 

251. See Ref., Treaties, p. 76. 

252. First, p. 180, Ans. 4. Second, p. 221, Ans. 4. 

253. It was not. State rights and different 
labor systems, or right of secession, and extension 
of slavery. John Brown's raid, Dred Scott case, 
firing on the " Star of the West'', etc. 

254. The constitution requires the president to 
send to Congress at the beginning of each regular 
session, a message containing, first, a summary of 
the reports of the departments, and second, a gen- 
eral account of the doings of the executive during 
the year, third, suggestions and recommendations. 



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255. When San Domingo applied for admission, 
President Grant appointed a commission of men to 
visit the island and examine its condition. The 
commissioners reported, but were rejected by Con- 
gress.— See B., p. 289. 

256. See Ref . , Discoverers and Explorers, pp. 72-J:. 

257. Rhode Island under Roger Williams. Penn- 
sylvania under Wm, Penn. 

258. By Lincoln. For full answer see p. 208, 
Ans. 48. 

259. See p. 185, Ans. 18. 

270. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase. 

271. See Ref. , Historians, p. 97. 

272. (l)By receiving a majority of electoral votes. 
(2)By being vice president on the death or resigna- 
tion of the president. (8) By being chosen by the 
House of Representatives. (4) By being president 
of the senate when both president and vice presi- 
dent have died or resigned. (5)By being Speaker of 
the House when none of the others just named fill 
the office. 

278. Whiskey Rebellion— Washington. Battle of 
New Orleans, — James Madison. Nullification — 
Andrew Jackson. Battle of Buena Vista — James 
K. Polk. Purchase of Alaska — Andrew Johnson. 

274. Sir Walter Raleigh was a half brother of 
Gilbert who obtained from Queen Elizabeth a patent 
of an extensive territory named Virginia. The first 
attempt was in 1585, by Richard Grenville and 
Ralph Lane with one hundred eight persons. 
Named Cape Fear because of storms, failure, star- 
vation. When Drake happened to stop on one of 
his exploring tours, he took pity on them and con- 
veyed them to England, 1586. Second attempt was 
in 1587, to found the city of Raleigh, by John 
White, with one hundred seventeen souls. This is 



248 Answers on u. s. history. 

krj own as the " Lost colony of Roanoke^'. On a 
tree was engraven " Croatoan" with a cross, the 
sign of distress. Raleigh then became disheartened 
and transferred his patent to others, after spending 
about $200,000. 

275. The Ohio River was discovered in 1669, by 
Robert Cavalier de LaSalle, a Frenchman. He dis- 
covered the Ohio four years before Joliet and 
Marquette discovered the Mississippi. The early 
Indian tribes were the Miamis — Great and Little 
Miamis, Mingoes — Scioto and Ohio valleys, Wyan- 
dots — Sandusky valley, Ottawas — Maumee valley, 
Delawares — Muskingum, Chippewas — shores of 
Lake Erie, Shawanese — Scioto valley. 1726, In- 
dians transfer lands to the English. 1749, Ohio was 
first settled at Pickawillany. 1749, Ohio Company 
was formed to hold the Ohio valley. It was com- 
posed of Augustine and Lawrence Washington who 
got Gist and Geo. Washington to explore the terri- 
tory. 1763, Pontiac conspiracy. Pontiac was a 
great friend of the French, but a bitter foe of the 
English. He declared that no treaty had been made 
with them and refused to give up the lands. He 
was a ruler of the Ottawas, Ojibways and Potta- 
watomies and was successful in organizing all the 
tribes named above into one confederacy against 
the English, but an Ojibway girl gave his plans 
away. 1781, the first white child born in Ohio, 
INfary Hickewelder. 1776, Ohio Company was 
formed in Boston for the purpose of making settle- 
ments in the Ohio valley. The members were Knox, 
Cutler, Tupper, Putnam and others. 1787, ordin- 
ance passed and St. Clair became governor. 1787, 
the " Mayflower" with forty eight souls landed at 
Marietta, April 7. 1788, first court held at Mari- 
etta. Fearing, the first lawyer. (Daniel Story was 
the first teacher and clergyman.) 1788, Cincin- 
natti founded. 1788, Columbia settled and the first 



Answers on u. s. history. 249 

church in Ohio was here. F90, Hamilton county 
laid out by St. Clair. 1"91, Gallipolis settled. 
1793, *' Sentinel of the Northwest", editor was 
Maxwell, the first paper published in Ohio, at Cin- 
cinnatti. 1795, Dayton laid out. 1799, first 
territorial assembly at Cincinnati, and Harrison 
was the delegate to Congress. 1802, constitution 
framed. 1808, Ohio admitted as a state and the 
capital located at Chillicothe. Edward Tiffin elect- 
ed governor, 

NOTE.— The State Capitol has been at the following places : 
Chillicothe 1800-1810. Zanesville 1810-1812, Chillicothe 1812-1816- 
Columbus 1816 to the present. 

276. John Marshall was an honored patriot who 
fought in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown 
and .Monmouth and suffered at Valley Forge, an 
eminent Chief Justice of the U. S., in 18Ul, and 
published a life of Washington, 1805. Died July 6, 
1835, eighty-eight years of age. — SeeL. E. A., p. 218. 

277. Fremont, Scott, McClellan, Hancock, Butler. 

278. (l)Passed by both Houses and signed by the 
president. (2)By being passed over the president's 
veto by a two thirds majority of both houses. (3)The 
failure of the president to return it within ten days. 

279. Cotton Mather. It was on taking leave of his 
library by a shorter way, through a narrow passage 
which was crossed by beams overhead, that Franklin 
bumped.— See L. E. A., p, 28. 

280. J. Q. Adams was elected president by the 
House of Representatives. Rutherford B. Hayes 
was elected by the electoral commission. 

281. J. C. Calhoun. 

282. Perry had nine vessels and fifty-four guns, 
while the British had six vessels and sixty-three 
guns. Perry's ship the ''Lawrence" engaged two of 
the heaviest vessels of the enemy and fought till but 



250 Answers on u. s. history. 

eight of his men were left. He leaped into a boat 
and bore his flag to Niagara and wrote to Gen. Har- 
rison, " We have met the enemy and they are ours." 
See Battles of 1812, p. 83, No. 16, 

283. See Ref., Nicknames, p. 125. 

NOTE.— Some wish to call Fillmore and Buchanan "Poor Boys" 
and not U. S. Grant. 

284. Page 137, Ans. 72. 

285. Charles Carroll was the last survivor of signers 
of the Declaration of Independence. 

NOTU. — The per.son who is represented as wearing his hat in 
all pictures of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, is 
Stephen Hopkins. 

286. Adams, Jefferson and Monroe. 

287. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van 
Buren, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew John- 
son, Chester A. Arthur. 

288. Magellan was killed on an island of the East 
Indies, or Philippine Islands. 

289. See Outline, Acquisition of Territory, p. 91, 
and Ans. 19, page 225. 

290. In Jackson's administration. 

NOTE. — The word " Whig" is composed of the initial letters of 
the motto " We hope in God". 

291. In the battle of the Thames. In the War of 
1812, October 5. 1813. By Johnson. See p. 190, Ans.28. 

292. .See p. 212, Ans. 10. 

293. Third. 

294. George Washington and Chester A. Artlnir. 
The latter took the oath of office again at Washing- 
ton. 

295. Probably Monroe, for his doctrine of Dec. 2, 
1823, or Jefferson for the Louisiana Purchase, 1803. 

296. See p. 178, Ans. 2; p. 175, Ans. 2 ; p. 176, Ans. 17. 

297. Henry Clay. See Nicknames, p. 121. 



ANSWERS ON U. S HISTORY. 251 



298. Because our people thought England got the 
best of the bargain. 

299. Richard Henry Lee. See Quot., p. 113, No. 82. 

300. Thomas Jefferson. 

301. George Washington. Harrison died one month 
after his inauguration and John Adams only met the 
two houses and addressed them in person. 

302. Postoffices were established by the second Con- 
tinental Congress, 1775.— Henry, p. 122. 

303. It was a line drawn between Pennsylvania and 
Maryland by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, to 
settle the discussion between Lord Baltimore and Penn 
families. 1763, completed 1767 all save 36 miles. 

304. See Ref., Treaties, p. 76. 

305. John Jay. See Ref., Treaties, p. 76, No. 9. 
Although Benjamin Franklin made a treaty with a 
foreign'nation, Feb. 6, 1788, this is thought by some to 
be the first treaty by the U. S. 

306. Mrs. Greene, the wife of Gen. Nathaniel Greene. 
See Ref., Eminent Women, p. 99.— " Daughters of 
America," p. 623. 

307. A British officer named Archeall ; roasted sweet 
potatoes served on bark. He resigned his commission 
at Charleston, saying that America would never be 
conquered while served by such men. 

NOTE.— Francis Marion injured himself by jumping from a 
window, rather than to be forced to drink wine. 

308. See Battles of Revolutionary War, p. 80, Nos. 15, 
16, 18, 20, 54. 

309. James Monroe, because of his generosity and 
hospitality. 

310. William L. Marcy, American statesman. 

311. Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, of Arch Street, Philadel- 
phia, was the designer. She also made our flag, of 
thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, and sug- 



252 ANSWERS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

gested that the Union be represented by thirteen white 
stars in a blue field, representing a new constellation. 
Adopted by the Continental Congress, June 14, 1777. 

NOTE.— ( 1 ) The flag was first used at the battle of Brandy wine, 
Sept. 11, ITil. (2) It was during the campaign of St. Leger that 
the stars and stripes appeared as the Federal flag. Ec. p. 167. n. 
( 3 ) Abraham Whipple was the first to unfurl the American llag 
in the river of the Thames. L. E. A., p. 220. (4 ) Paul Jones was 
the first to raise the naval flag, 1779. Ec, (olded. ) p. 167, n. 5. 
See Preble's " Our Flag," p. 142 

312. Red signifies war; white, peace. 

NOTE.— Benjamin Franklin opposed the eagle as our emblem. 
He suggested the turkey. 

313. Because the red flag was used at this time in the 
army and the white in the navy. 

314. Jan. 1, 1777, over Washington's army. 

NOTE.— The flag was used in 1776, at the time of the Declaration 
of Independence. It had thirteen alternate red and white stripes, 
instead of stars in a blue field.— See Headley's "Life of Washing- 
ton," p. 134, and B., p. 138. 

315. July 4, 1818. 

316. Jan. 13, 1794, there were two stripes and two 
stars added to our flag, it remaining so until April 4, 1818. 

317. See Ref., pp. 82, 84, 85, 89, 54. 

318. There were not. 

319. Washington, Jackson, Harrison, Taylor, Grant, 
and Garfield. 

320. Clinton, Pinckney, Burr, King, Tompkins, Craw- 
ford, Clay, Cass, Breckenridge, Bell, Douglas, Seymour, 
Tilden, Hancock, Weaver, Bryan. A. Politics, p. 20. 

321. It was the colony left on Roanoke Island by 
Raleigh. See Ans. 274, p. 247. Ref., p. 73, No. 6. 

322. See Ref., p. 72, No. 4. 

NOTE.— Southeast by De Gama, for Portugal, 1497. Southwest 
by Magellan, for Spain. 1.522. Northwest by Maclure, for England, 
1854. Northeast by Nordeuskjold, for Sweden, 1879. 

323. See Ref., p. 72, Eng., No. 3, p. 74, Dutch, No. 1. 



ANSWERS ON U. S. HISTORY. 253 

324. Kef., English, p. 72, and Ans. 322, note above. 

325. France 1778, Holland 1782, Denmark and Russia 
in 1783. 

326. Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. 

327. 1783 to 1803. From 1803 to 1811. 

328. General AVolfe. 

329-32. See Acquisition of Territory, p. 91. 

333. 11th, 1798; 12th, 1804; 13th, 1865; 14th, 1868; 
15th, 1870. See Ans. 121-4, p. 235, for full answer. 

334. (a) Carolina, (b) Maryland, (c) New England, (d) 
Virginia. 

335. Miamis, Montagnais, Sacs, Chippewas, Pequods, 
Narragansetts, Seminoles, Delawares, Shawnees, Chicka- 
saws. 

336. Fearing that the TJ. S. would annex Cuba to their 
possessions, England and France entered into a Tri- 
partite treaty with the U. S., all agreeing to leave it 
remain in the possession of Spain. — See Rid., p. 468. 

337. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. 
See Admission of States, p. 93. 

338. Secretary Day, Senator Frye, Secretary Davis, 
Senator Gray, Whitelaw Reid. Accepted by Congress 
Feb. 6, 1899.' 

339. Hawaii. See Outline, p. 54. 

340. A union of the English speaking people for the 
purpose of preserving peace. 

341. Biography is the history of the life and char- 
acter of a particular person. Tradition is the trans- 
mission of knowledge, opinion, doctrines, customs, 
etc., from generation to generation, originally by 
word of mouth and by example, though afterward 
embodied in literature. ( Stand. Diet. ) History is an 
account of that which exists or has existed. See Ans. 
66-7, p. 230, 



254 ANSWERS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

342. See Slave Outline, p. 89. 

343. It is a law making an act criminal which was not 
so when done. 

344. Jefferson's, Purchase of Louisiana; Jackson's, 
tariff debates; Polk's, war with Mexico; Buchanan's, 
secession ; Grant, Pacific Kail way ; McKinley, acquisition 
of Hawaii and treaty with Spain. 

345. See Battles of Civil War, p. 85. M., p. 302. 

346. See Battles of Civil War, p. 87. M., p. 311-2. 

347. See Acts, p. 78, Nos. 5-9. 

348. Paulding, Williams and Van Wert. For full 
answer see p. 169, Answer 112. 

349. Aaron Burr. 

350. Eodrigo Triana, a sailor on the " Pinta." 

351. All except Washington, Wm. Harrison, Taylor, 
Johnson, and Grant. 

352. Wm. Penn, 1697; Daniel Cox, 1722; Franklin, 
1754. 

353. Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Lin- 
coln ( part of two terms ), Grant, Cleveland. 

354. A commission designated by Congress appointed 
by the President to investigate the industrial and 
economic conditions of the country. 

355. J. D. Kockefeller ; Hetty Green. 

356. A large corporation, or monopoly. 

357. William Jennings Bryan. 

358. As a great political ( Democratic ) organization. 

359. Socialist and labor agitator; woman's suffragist 
and reformer, 

FINIS. 



INDEX. 



NOTE -The first column refers to the page where the question 

is found The second column refers to the page where the answer 
xs found. The third refers to the number of the questions and the 
answers 

ABOLITION Of Slavery, Outline of 89 to ^91 

Abraham, Plains of ^^ ^^^ 239 

Diedon ^'^ ^^g ^5 

Generals fell on g 

Acadia, Reference. (French) ^^-^ ^^ 

Actors, List of ^^^' ^,^ 

Acts of Great Britain • ^g 

Acts of United States ^- ^^.^ 138 

Question about 

Act, Questions about— ^^ ^^^ ^ 

Stamp ■■■ g., j9^ 2 

Jackson's g_ ^^^ ^ 

NuUiflcation ^^ 2io 3 

Johnson's ^^ 213 18 

Salary ^g 220 3 

Sherman's 

Adams, John- .^^ ^g3 ^.jg 

Administration of ^^ ^^^ ^3 

Sketch of •• ■•• ^g ^g2 50 

Appoints Washington] ;;;;;.;;;;;;;,;;;'.'/.".'.". 24 172 uo 

. 20 165 73 

Drafting Committee ] ",V.".!."7.".'. Ref- ^^5 

^ ■■ 22 171 120 

Commissioner „, 

Called Extra Congress ^^^- ^^ 

Diplomats ^28 No. 2 

Politics of 22 185 18 

Unpopular ^^^ ^^ 99 

Quotation of :^- 



256 INDEX 



Adams, John— Continued. 

Inaugurated 214 

Nickname of Ref. 

Eminent 24 

Dying words of Ill 

Death of 36 

Adams, Abigail- 
Story of 32 

Eminent 99 

Adams, Samuel- 
Speech of 17 

Father 17 

Nickname of Ref. 

Appointing Washington 19 

Nickname of Ref. 

Adams, John Q.— 

Administration of 36 

Death of 37 

Nickname of Ref. 

Politics of 128 

High offices 193 

Agassiz, Louis 61 

Teacher Ref. 

Alabama admitted Ref. 

Seceded 90 

Readmitted 91 

Alabama- 
Troubles 44 

Washington Treaty 56 

Claims . 46 

Claims settled 68 

Alaska purchased. 45 

Ref erence of Territory 92 

Obtained of 57 

" Midnight Treaty " 60 

Question about 66 

Albany Convention 105 

Alien and Sedition Laws- 
Explained 32 

Defined 57 

Punished 225 

Madison opposing 33 



Ans. 


2 


120 




172 


140 


No. 


55 


192 


5 


184 


17 


No. 


1 


159 


14 


159 


15 


124 





162 


50 


121 




192 


1-15 


193 


13 


120 




No. 


6 


Ans. 


13 


237 


156 


98 





93 




No. 


13 


No. 


24 


208 


46 


223 


4 


212 


10 


250 


292 


211 


12 


No. 


10 


225 


19 


234 


109 


247 


273 


No. 


1 


183 


6-7 


225 


21 


Ans. 


21 


188 


25 



Index 



Allen, Ethan, captured •■■ 19 

Quotation of ^^^ 



257 



Author '^^^ 

^ . , , 16 157 261 

Printed 



Authority and advice of 66 

Author 

Almanac, Poor Richard' 
Printed 

Amendments- 
Thirteenth *^ 

Fourteenth... *^ 

Fifteenth f 

Substance of all when adopted 60 

America- 
First inhabited by 1 

First visitor of 

First record of 

Why rediscovery 

First discoverers... 

Discovered by Columbus 1 

Origin ofname 

First explorers and discoverers 72 

2 
Amerigo Vespucci 

Spanish 

Anarchist riot (Date) ^^ 

Anderson, Robert, command 42 

Andersonville Prison ^^ 

Andre, Major John, biography of 22 

Quotatioi 

Reward, c 
Andros, Sir Edmond— 

Charter oak ^^^ 

Demands of 

Anne, Queen, War with— 

Questions about ^ 

Description of _ 

Reference 

Treaty "^^ 

Antietam, Battle of *^ 

Commander 

Reference ^^ 

Bloodiest day in America ^*^ 



I6:i 


52-56 


No. 


26 


246 


249 


Ans. 


249 



Quotation of ^^^ 

Reward, captors of.. 22 



210 


2 


211 


14 


212 


7 


235 


121 


130 


3 


130 


5 


130 


4 


131 


11 


132 


17 


131 


12-21 


132 


18 


to 


74 


132 


18 


No. 


12 


218 


4 


205 


10-14 


245 


225 


169 


112 


No. 


108 


169 


112 


141 


111-2 


No. 


7 


141 


112 


145 


148 


145 


150 


No. 


6 


No. 


4 


207 


30 


229 


55 


No. 


22 


Ans. 


179 



258 INDEX 



Appomattox C. H.— 

Reference 91 No. 18 

Surrendered at 44 208 47 

Located 60 235 113 

Arkansas, admission of Ref. 93 

Arkwrigbt, Richard, reference 98 No. 5 

Beginning of Ref. 102 

Army saved— 

Different ways 21 167 92 

Incidents 63 241 195 

Army of the Potomac- 
Question about 43 208 41 

Union generals Ref. 89 

Arnold, Benedict, expedition- 
Joined by 11 149 179 

Private 19 163 53 

Biographyof 22 169 112 

Dying words of... Ill No. 58 

" Half-witted boy " 63 242 200 

Traitor 169 Ans. 112 

Arthur, Chester A — 

Nomination of 47 216 3 

Administration of 47 216 1-15 

Inauguration of 48 217 10 

Cabinet officers of 48 217 11 

Nickname of..... Ref. 121 

Politicsof 128 No. 21 

Articles of Confederation- 
Agreed 22 170 115 

Defects and repealing of 25 173 5 

Reference about • 106 No. 4 

Artists, names of (women) Ref. 100 

Ashburton Treaty 38 197 5 

Treaties 77 No. 19 

Astor, John Jacob Ref. 102 

Atlantic cable 45 211 8-9 

Inventor of 98 No. 11 

Bacon's Rebellion- 
Nickname of 75 No. 2 

Result of 142 Ans. 114 

Question about 4 135 47 



INDEX 259 



Balboa (Spaniards) 72 

Question 3 

Baltimore — 

First locomotive 36 

Railroad strike 47 

First conflict 42 

Reference 85 

Baltimore, Lord (Calvert ) — 

Grant 4 

Reference 75 

Banks — 

Colonial and United States, established 30 

Wildcat 37 

Issueof 38 

Father of 65 

Banks, General, captured Port Hudson 87 

Reference 89 

Bartram, John, sketch of 12 

Nickname of (Botanist j 14 

Title of .* Ref. 

Battles, list of Revolutionary 80 

Of 1812 82 

Of Mexican 84 

Of Civil 85 

Of Spanish (outline) 51 

Battle of the Giants 37 

Battle of the "Big Horn" 46 

Battle of the Kegs, 118 

Fifteenth Decisive 21 

On the "House Tops" 56 

Preceded by prayer 19 

"Above the clouds'" 87 

Parties fought each other 21 

Midnight attack 63 

Beauregard, General, in battle 43 

Reference 86 

Bee, General, quotation of Ill 

Bell, A. G., inventor 47 

Reference 98 

Bennington, battle of 80 

Washington angry in 22 



No. 


3 


133 


31 


193 


8 


215 


6 


206 


15 


No. 


1 


135 


54-56 


No. 


1 


180 


5,10 


.195 


14 


196 


1-2 


Ref. 


124 


No. 


31 


151 


199 


153 


235 


123 




to 


82 


to 


84 


to 


85 


to 


89 


to 


55 


194 


6 


214 


21 


No. 


1 


168 


100 


224 


8 


163 


57 


No. 


34 


167 


93 


241 


194 


207 


30 


No. 


12 


No. 


60 


215 


9 


No. 


12 


No. 


18 


169 


110 



260 iNDfiX 



Bennington, battle of. continued. 

Mollie Pitcher 22 169 HI 

Described . 21 

John Stark's command 1U7 

Berkeley, William, quotation of 4 

Reference 113 

Question about (free schools) 14 

Black List defined 64 

Black Hawk, war with 76 

Lincoln and Jeff. Davis in 42 

Reference.. 102 

Blaine, James G, nickname of Ref. 

With Garfi3ld when shot 48 

Candidate 48 

Secretary 48 

Blair, Francis P., "Kitchen Cabinet" 56 

Blanco, succeeded (outline). 51 

Bland-Allison biU( defined)... 47 

Blennerhasset, Harman 33 

Block, Adrian (ship Unrest) 6 

Blockade (plans) Ref. 

Bon Homme Richard- 
Victory 22 

Question 58 

Boone. Daniel 19 

Bootli, John Wilkes— 

Assassinated 42 

Assassinated 44 

Shot by 44 

Reward for 44 

Quotation of 113 

Boston, first papers 11 

Massacre and Port Bill 16 

Reference ( Port Bill) 78 

Bloodshed, first, (hotbed) 17 

"Boston Tea Party" : 16 

Writs of Assistance 16 

Boundary, reference 76 

Boycott defined 64 

Bradford, Governor 4 

Story of 101 



168 


95 


No. 


4 


134 


46 


No. 


81 


153 


235 


244 


220 


No. 


17 


206 


22 


No. 


8 


121 




216 


6 


217 


1 


216 


6 


223 


3 


215 


4 


186 


12-4 


139 


88 


85 




169 


109 


229 


48 


164 


65 


204 


1-2 


209 


59 


209 


55 


209 


49 


No. 


76 


150 


190 


158 


8-9 


No. 


7 


160 


24-25 


158 


10 


158 


4 


to 


77 


244 


220 


136 


63-4 


No. 


3 



INDEX 261 



Bragg, General, at Chick amauga.. 207 

Reference 87 

Cedar tree 63 

Brandywine, battle of 80 

Wounded in 21 

Date of 21 

Quotation It8 

Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill- 

Qviestions about 19 

Command 19 

General killed at «19 

Monument 36 

Stone conveyed 36 

Brock, General — 

At Detroit 34 

Reference 82 

Brown, John 

Sketch of, with raid 41 

Reference 90 

Poem about.. 118 

Bryan, William Jennings- 
Nominee 50 

Youngest 50 

" Great Apostle " 71 

Buchanan, James- 
Administration of 41 

Nickname of Ref. 

Politics of 128 

" Poor Boy" 67 

Died 63 

Burgoyne, General- 
Questions about 21 

Plans of 21 

Sent Colonel Baum 21 

Surrender of 21 

Reference 81 

Surrender fully explained 22 

Entered New York 62 

Burke, Edmund 22 

Burr, Aaron- 
Duel with 33 

Treason of 71 



Ans. 


30 


No. 


34 


242 


201 


No. 


19 


167 


89 


167 


91 


No. 


17 


163 


57-9 


164 


62 


164 


63 


192 


18-9 


193 


11 


189 


11 


to 


83 


202 


6 


No. 


12 


No. 


11 


221 


1 


222 


5 


254 


357 


201 


1-14 


120 




No. 


15 


250 


283 


241 


192 


167-8 


90-100 


167 


90 


168 


95 


168 


100 


No. 


25 


170 


117 


238 


161-4 


169 


108 


186 


12-14 


254 


349 



262 tNDEX 



Burlingame, Ausoa— 

Account of 45 211 11 

Treaty 45 211 10 

Burnside, General- 
Reference 85 • to 89 

Butler, Gen. B. F — 

Nickname of Ref. 

Question about 43 

Cabinet- 
How placed in office 28 

Question about 66 

First 65 

Members (first) 30 

Members resign (Tyler) 38 

Jefferson Davis 42 

Officer dismissed 45 

Changes of Arthur's 48 

McKinley's 50 

Kitchen 56 

Members noted 60 

When organized , 50 

Cable, Atlantic— 

Successfully laid 45 

Reference about 98 

Cabots, reference ( Eng.) 72 

Discovered 2 

Question about 66 

Cabral (Dis.). Portuguese... 74 

(Calhoun, John C. — 

Vice-President 36 

Why resigned 37 

Question about 61 

California, admitted Ref. 

Gold discovered 39 

Calverts, account of 4 

Dispute of 4 

Reference, rebellions.. 75 

Result of rebellion 7 

Canonicus, chief and story of 101 

"Indian scheme" 4 



121 




207 


31 


178 


10 


246 


252 


245 


228 


180 


4 


197 


4 


205 


6 


210 


4 


217 


11 


221 


4 


223 


3 


233 


104 


221 


4 


211 


9 


No. 


11 


No. 


1,2 


132 


17 


247 


256 


No. 


3 


and 


192-3 


194 


4-5 


237 


156 


93 




199 


15 


135 


55-6 


135 


56 


No. 


1 


142 


114 


No. 


3 


136 


64 



No, 
159 


9 
17-19 


No. 
213 
No. 


44 
14 
13 


No. 

133 
247 


2 

31 
256 


136 
146 
135 


61-63 
153 
54 



Carpenter's Hall — 

Where located 125 

Where Congress met 17 

Carpet-Baggers, or Scalawags- 
Reference 127 

Sketch of, named 46 

Carson, Kit 118 

Carticr, James, ( explorer ) — 

Reference French 73 

f 3 

Question about-! """"■y "■■ "!!! !"]^!."! 66 

Carver, Governor John— 

Where chosen 4 

Treaty never broken 9 

Catholics, Maryland 4 

Canadian Rebellion, or " Patriod War' — 

Defined 38 196 3-4 

Canary Islands- 
Columbus stopped 2 

Cedar Tree 63 

Census defined 49 

Of 1787 25 

Of 1890 49 

Centennial — 

At Philadelphia 46 

New York 49 

Champe, John, sketch of 24 

Cbamplain, Samuel D.— 

Discovered ( French ) 73 

Nickname Ref. 

Question about 3 

Account of 60 

Charleston, S. C— 

Settled Ref. 

Tree at 119 

Village 163 

Earthquake 48 

Charter Tree 119 

Rhode Island 5 

Gov. and story 7 

Chase, Salmon P 44 

Question about .?..,. ,, 65 



132 


19 


242 


201 


219 


6 


173 


3 


219 


6 


213 


17 


218 


2 


173 


149 


No. 


9 


124 





133 


34-35 


233 


101 


92 




No. 


11 


No. 


57 


218 


7 


No. 


7 


137 


74 


141 


113-7 


209 


62 


245 


235 



264 



Chase, Salmon P. — Continued. 

Father of Ref. 

Ohio Jewels Ref. 

Chattanooga, Siege of 43 

Referenco of battle 87 

Chicago, Fort of 9 

Fire of 46 

On territory 67 

Chickamauga, Rock of 48 

Reference of battle 87 

Chinese Immigration Act 79 

China, Treaty, Burlingame 45 

China, Treaty of 47 

Reference of 77 

Chronological outline of the war with Spain... 51 

Church, Benjamin 4 

Cincinnati — 

Society of 58 

Settlement of 67 

Name of 58 

Civil Service- 
Reform Commission of 48 

Bill 62 

Civil War, Battles 85 

Questions 42 

Cause of 66 

Border States of 63 

Seceded States of 90 

Readmitted States 91 

Clay, Henry, nickname Ref. 

Sketch of. 35 

Duel with 36 

Quotation and death of 40 

Missouri Compromise 89 

Omnibus Bill 90 

Statesman 98 

Dying words 109 

Beginning of Ref. 

Cleveland, Grover— 

Administration of ] jq 

Nickname of Ref, 



124 




125 




207 


30 


No. 


33 


145 


142 


212 


8 


250 


289 


207 


30 31 


No. 


32 


No. 


12 


211 


10-11 


215 


11 


No. 


24-26 


to 


55 


136 


62 


228 


45 


248 


275 


229 


46 


217 


14 


240 


184 


to 


89 


204 


1-64 


246 


253 


241 


190 


No. 


13 


No. 20,24,25 


121 




191 


11 


192 


4 


200 


4,5 


No. 


5 


No. 


9 


No. 


30 


102 




217 


1-7 


219 


1-9 


120 





Cleveland, Grover— Continued. 

Politics of 128 

Mayor 241 

Clinton, Dewitt, Big Ditch.... 36 

Coddingtou, William, banished 5 

Colfax, Schuyler- 
Vice-President .., 45 

Colleges, Early Ref. 

Questions about j j^ 

Coligny, French 73 

Colony, Winthrop's 5 

Dutch 6 

Southern 7 

Colonies — 

List of Ref. 

Different colonies 3-9 

Question about 7 

Political union of If) 

Resist tyranny 17 

Different conventions of Ref. 

Plans of union of 8 

Government of 22 

Colonial period 3 

Colonial men and women, List of 16 

Columbia — 

Why named 2 

Poem of 118 

Columbia, District of— 

How obtained and governed 57 225 

Columbus, Christopher- 
Spaniards 72 

Question and sketch 1 

Dying words 110 

Nickname of 123 

Eventful Friday 129 

Company, London 3 

Plymouth 4 

Dutch East India 6 

Dutch West India.... 138 

Patroons 138 

Question 58 



Nos. 


22, 24 


Ans. 


193 


192 


6 


137 


68-9 


and 


211 


92 




137 


70 


150 


196 


No. 


3 


136 


66 


138 


83-103 


141 107-118 


92 




4-145 


39-147 


142 


114-18 


155 


2.53 


159 


14 


105 




143 


123 


170 


115 


134 


39-200 


156 


260 


132 


18 


No. 


8 



No. 


1 


131 


12-21 


No. 


37 


No. 


1-2 


134 


39-56 


135 


57-64 


138 


84 


Ans. 


84 


Ans. 


84 


228 


40 



Compromise, Missouri- 
Defined, author and sustainer of 35 

Repealing of ^^ 

Reference -• 89 

Repealing ^" 

Question about ^9 

Concord. ^' 

Confederate- 
States 90 

First commander.. *2 

Flag ^^ 

Money ^f 

Capitals, president, vice-president. • 63 

Question • ^^ 

Cabinet • *2 

Confederation, First 5 

Confederation, Articles of— 



With notes 



22 



Question about 25 



Reference. 



106 



Washington's quotation 116 

Question on ^^ 

Congress — 

Continental f^^f- 

United States • I^ef. 

Special session of ^^ 



American. 



17 



Second Continental 19 

Meeting of 22 

Condensed question 23 

Conspiracy— 

Pontiac ^"^ 

Burr-Blennerbasset. ...: • 33 

Connecticut — 

Colony ^®^- 

League of 

Refused to sign 10 

"Why named.. 

College • 92 

Ratified Constitution 1^ 



191 


6-8 


201 


7 


No. 


5 


No. 


10 


232 


81 


160 


30-1 


Nos. 13,24,25 


206 


16 


206 


25 


210 


64 


241 


191 


226 


24 


205 


6 


137 


72 


170 


115 


173 


5 


Note. 


1 


No. 


116 


233 


92 


93 




94 




94 




159 


20 


162 


48,53 


168 


106 


171 


131 


No. 


4 


18613-14,17 


92 




137 


72 


147 


159 


153 


236 


No. 


3 


No. 


4 



INDEX 267 

Constitution- 
Adoption of (with question) 25 

Writer of 59 

Ratified 60 

Father of 65 

Complete answer 106 

Continental- 
Army 162 

Congresses, with President Ref. 

Conway, Cabal- 
Plot of 22 

Cooke, Jay, and Company 46 

Cornplanter— 

Chief of 101 

Quotation of 112 

Cornwallis, Lord- 
Generals 19 

Surrender 22 

Coronado 3 

Search of Cibola City 14 

Cortereal, Portuguese 74 

Cortez— 

Reference Spanish 72 No. 

Cotton- 
Cotton-gin invented 98 

Question on 31 

Cotton, Rev. John- 
Patriarch 12 

Nickname of Ref. 

Question about 16 

Cotton Mather- 
Witchcraft 8 

Quotation of 116 

Advice to Franklin 67 

Cromwell, Oliver- 
Sketch of 7 140 106 

Crown Point- 
Capture and Question 19 

Why noted 62 

Allen at 66 

Crystal Palace, Fire of 40 

18 



173 


1-28 


232 


85-9 


233 


99 


245 


238 


No. 


4 


Ans. 


49 


93 





168 


107 


213 


16 


No. 


5 


No. 


66 


164 


60 


170 


117-8 


133 


30 


153 


235 


No. 


4 



No. 


2 


182 


30 


150 


193 


123 




156 


259 


142 


120 


No. 


119 


249 


279 



163 


54 


240 


180-1 


246 


249 


200 


3 



INDEX 



Cuban, Spanish-American War 51 

Question about 50 

Custer, General, Last fight of 46 

Cutler, Dr 31 

Question 67 



Dakota, North, admitted Ref. 

Dakota, South, admitted Ref. 

Dare, Virginia — 

Birth of 4 

Darrah, Lydia 99 

Davis, Jefferson- 
President 41 

Electing of, Cabinet officers 42 

Capture and release 44 

Elected 85 

Bondsmanof — 213 

Davenport, John 5 

Day, Wm. R., cabinet 50 

Commissioner 222 

Outline 55 

Day, Stephen- 
Printer 5 

Printed 8 

Question about - '_ ^^ 

Dayton, brief history of 67 

Settlement 31 

De Ayllon (Dis.) — 

Spanish 72 No. 

De Leon, Ponce ( Dis.) — 

Spanish 72 

3 

Question -l 12 



66 
D'Estaing— 

Aid {:::::::::::;::::::::;::;:::::::::::::::;::::::::::::;:::::; i 

De Monts— 

French, reference 73 No. 

De Narvaez- 

Spaniards, reference , ,., 72 No. 



to 


55 


222 


8-22 


214 


21 


182 


24,25 


248 


275 


93 




93 




135 


53 


No. 


3 


203 


12 


205 


6 


209 


49-51 


No. 


7 


Ans. 


15 


137 


68-9 


221 


4 


Ans. 


22 


138 


78 


144 


128 


150 


189 


152 


215 


248 


275 


182 


24 



No. 


2 


133 
151 

247 


31 

203 
256 


167 
229 


88 
57 



269 



De Soto — 

Spanish, reference 72 

Question about 3 

Mississippi River • 3 

Burial of 12 

Question about 66 

De Gourges, French, reference 73 

DeKalb, Aid 58 

Decatur, Lieut. Stephen, reference 82 

Declaration of Independence- 
Drafters of Ref. 

Questions about 20 

Last survivor of. 67 

Wearing his hat at 2^0 

Writer of 59 

Signing of I :::::;::;:::;:;;::: :::::::::;;;::.::::;:;::::::;; \^ 

Deerfleld Massacre 74 

Defined, History 1 

Nicknames 58 

History, different kinds 59 

Questions 59 

Articles of Confederation 59 

Questions 70 

Secession 42 

Civil Service 48 

Electoral College 32 

Duties of the President 28 

Constitution, etc 26 

Congressional District 26 

Question 6 

Delaware, Lord (note) 14 

Delaware- 
Why named 14 

Colony of Ref. 

Explored Bay of ( Dutch), Ref 74 

Tribe of 70 

Entered Bay of 139 

Washington crossed river of.. 20 

Democrats, Presidents Ref. 

Departpients, Cabinets 50 



No. 


5 


No. 


3i 


133 


37 


151 


204 


247 


256 


No. 


6 


229 


57 


No. 


5 


125 




165 


71-83 


250 


285 


Ans. 


285 


232 


84 


No. 


112 


No. 


69 


No. 


5 


130 


1 


228 


40 


230 


66-67 


232 


78-81 


233 


90 


254 


341 


205 


5 


217 


14 


183 


5 


178 


5 


175 


27 


176 


8 


140 


100 


153 


236 


153 


239 


92 




No. 


4 


253 


335 


Ans. 


90 


166 


86-7 


128 




221 


4 



270 INDEX 



Detroit- 
Surrender of 34 

Tree at [note] 63 

Diaz (Portuguese), reference - 74 

Dickinson, Anna Ref. 

Dinwiddie, Governor, Story of 10 

Dom Pedro II., Sketch of 47 

Donelson, Fort- 
Capture of, reference 85 

Located. 56 

Dorr, Tbomas W. — 

Rebellion by 38 

Reference 75 

"Dough Faces" 127 

Douglas, Stephen A.— 

Questions about 40 

Debates of 41 

Author of, reference 90 

Beginning of Ref. 

Quotation of, reference 114 

Nicknames of ... Ref. 

Questions about 58 

Douglass, Fred,^ave Ref. 

Drake, Sir Francis- 
Reference, English 72 

"Golden Hind" 14 

Dred Scott. Questions about 41 

Drummond, William 7 

Du Quesne 10 

Question 11 

Duche, Rev. John 18 

Dustin, Hannah- 
Story of 16 

Dutch Ref. 

Colony questions 6 

Eads, J. B., improvement of 47 

Reference 95 

East India Company 6 

Edison, Thomas, inventions... Ref. 

Beginnings of.. Ref. 

Edmund's Law,, „ 48 



188 


6,11 


242 


201 


No. 


1 


103 




146 


157 


214 


25 


No. 


9 


224 


8 


197 


6 


No. 


8 


No. 


50 


201 


6-9 


202 


5 


No. 


10 


102 




No. 


94 


122 




230 


63-4 


102 





No. 


4 


153 


234 


01-2 


3-5 


141 


109 


147 


160-2 


149 


182 


161 


32 


156 


259 


74 




138 


83-103 


215 


10 


138 


84 


98 





103 





217 


12 



INDEX 271 



Education, colony of 11 

Educators, list of Ref. 

Edwards, Jonathan 12 

Electoral College 32 

Electoral Commission 47 

Description of 58 

Electricity- 
Question about 48 

Inventions Ref. 

Franklin Experiment 16 

Machinery 49 

Electric Telegraph — 

Question 39 

Inventor , 98 

Electric Telephone 98 

Electric Light 98 

Eliot, John- 
Nickname of Ref. 

Question about 12 

First Bible 12 

Questions 14 

Giving earnings 15 

Eminent 16 

Ellsworth, Col. Elmer E., Death of 42 

Emancipation Proclamation- 
Question about 43 

Question about 66 

Reference 90 

Father of Ref. 

Eminent Men and Women- 
Colonial 16 

Revolutionary 24 

Humble beginnings of 102 

L-tof {:;:;;;;;;;-;:::;■;;■;;:;;;;::■■; •;;•;;;;;;;;;■• | 

Embargo Act '. 78 

Emerson, Ralph Waldo Ref. 

Endicott, John, Governor 4 

English Revolutionary Questions 7 

Epigrams of the Late War ( 1898 ) Ref. 

Eric the Red 1 

Erie Canal, Big Ditch 36 



149 


187 


98 




150 


198 


183 


5 


214 


1 


230 


59 


217 


13 


98 




157 


261 


219 


3 


198 


11 


No. 


7 


No. 


12 


No. 


13 


122 




150 


193 


150 


194 


153 230, 235 


154 


250 


156 


260 


206 


20 


208 


43 


247 


258 


No. 


16 


124 





156 


260-1 


172 


140-1 


to 


105 


to 


101 


to 


98 


No. 


1 


96 




136 


65 


140 


104-6 


117 




131 


7 


192 


6 



272 INDEX 



Ericsson, Capt. John- 
Monitor 43 

Invented 98 

"Era of Good Feeling" 35 

Essayists, List of Ref. 

Exposition- 
Philadelphia 46 

New York 49 

New Orleans 64 

Extra Sessions, by whom called.- Ref. 

Fair Oaks, Battle of , reference 86 

Famous sayings, reference 107 

FaneuilHall 17 

Reference. 125 

Farragut, Admiral, reference 88 

Reference 89 

Farewell- 
Washington's 58 

Question on 22 

Farmers' Alliance, Question 49 

Fathers, List of Ref. 

Questions about 65 

Federalist Ref. 

Field, Cyrus W— 

Questions 45 

Invented 98 

Filibusters 41 

Question about 58 

Fillmore, Millard— 

Administration of 40 

Nickname of Ref. 

Politics of, reference 128 

Beginning of Ref. 

Financial Crisis— 

Of 1837 38 

Of 1857 41 

Of 1873 46 

Of 1893 49 

First, Epoch 1 

White visitor 1 

White colony 72 



207 


36 


No. 


10 


190 


3 


96 




213 


17 


218 


2 


244 


218 


94 


95 


No. 


16 


to 


117 


160 


23 


No. 


8 


No. 


45 


228 


45 


171 


122 


219 


10 


124 




245 


235-41 


128 





211 


8,9 


No. 


11 


201 


10 


228 


40 41 


199 


1-.6 


120 




No. 


13 


103 




196 


2 


202 


7 


213 


16 


220 


2,8 


Ans. 


130 


130 


* 5 


No. 


1 



iNbEX 

First, continued. 

Spanish settlement 

English attempt 

English settlement 2 

Dutch settlement 

French settlement in America 2 

French settlement in United States 2 

Exploration of each nation '^2 

Circumnavigator 

That earth is a sphere 3 

Law-making body 

Child bom * 

Colony ( Mass. ) ^ 

Governor (Mass.) ^ 

Confederation 

Printing Press, Printer and Publication... 5 

Governor of North Carolina... "' 

Settlement Mississippi Valley 9 

Gun. [French War.] ^ 

Journal, List of 

Book written ^'^ 

Bible ; ^^ 

Constitution ^ 

Printing-press in America 13 

Daily paper J^ 

Slave brought \^ 

War and Rebellion '^ 

Inhabited ' ^^ 

Duty (Washington) ^^ 

Steps taken (colony) l"* 

Continental Congress 1^ 

Prayer 

Martyr (for liberty) 24 

President - ^^^• 

Cabinet J^ 

Settlement (Ohio) ^^ 

Territorial and State governor (Ohio) 31 

College, west ^J 

Secession. 

Proposer ^^ 

Elected (Lincoln) *2 

Conflict • ^"^ 



273 



133 


24 


133 


25 


133 


26 


133 


27 


133 


28 


133 


28 


to 


74 


133 


32 


133 


33 


134 


44 


135 


53 


135 


57 


136 


61 


137 


72 


138 


78 


141 


109 


144 


138 


146 


156 


150 


190 


150 


191 


150 


194 


137 


72 


152 


216 


152 


219 


152 


223 


No. 


1 


152 


227 


lo5 


253 


159 


14 


159 


17 


161 


32 


173 


151 


128 




180 


4 


182 


24 


182 


26 


182 


27 


202 


9 


203 


14 


205 


6 


206 


15 



274 INDEX 



First, continued. 

Battle between [Grant and Lee] 43 

Actpassed [Johnson]; 45 

Act of Hayes 47 

Act of Garfield 48 

Gnn fired (last war) 50 

Born after Revolution (President) 64 

Flag carried 65 

Martyr 8 

U. S. Minister 32 

Goodbye 22 

Success (steamboat) 33 

Railroad 36 

Inauguration (March 5) 214 

Formed attack 246 

Money and mint 57 

Bank 30 

Treaty 68 

Flag Emblem 24 

Emblem Turkey 252 

List of questions about j gg 

Florida, Discovered 3 

Named 14 

Admission Ref. 

Territory 91 

Ruled by 60 

Question 57 

Foote, Commodore 86 

Generals Ref. 

Question 43 

Foreign Aid 58 

Question 21 

Fox, George, founded 8 

Question 14 

France, nation, treaty 21 

Aid from 58 

Question 69 

Franklin, Benjamin- 
Sketch of 16 

Letter of 18 

Letter to Strahan 18 



208 


40 


210 


3 


215 


3 


216 


5 


222 


15 


243 


205 


246 


245 


143 


121 


184 


13 


171 


122 


187 


20 


193 


8-11 


Ans. 


2 


Ans. 


249 


226 


30 


180 


5,10 


251 


305 


173 


150 


Ans. 


312 


246 


243-6 


251 


311-6 


133 


31 


153 


236 


93 




No. 


3 


233 


102 


225 


19 


No. 


13 


89 





207 


32 


229 


57 


167 


88 


144 


132 


153 


235 


168 


104 


229 


57 


253 


325 


157 


261 


162 


42 


162 


45 



Franklin, Benjamin— Confinited. 

Solicitor for aid 21 

Commissioner 22 

Statesman 172 

Advice to 67 

Suggests an emblem 69 

Diplomat.. Ref. 

Beginning of Ref. 

Convention 105 

Toast of 107 

Quotation of 108 

Signing Declaration 112 

Quotation of 114 

Nickname of Ref. 

Autborof 68 

Fredericksburg battle 86 

Freedmen's Bureau — 

Passed 45 

Defined 45 

Event 60 

Fremont, John C 61 

Free Coinage, Issue of 49 

French Colony 8 

Explorers Ref. 

Settlements 9 

Forts 9 

Territory 15 

Lost.. 15 

Aid 21 

War 75 

Friends, " Quakers "— 

Nickname 125 

Founder 8 

Question about j ^| 

Liberties 8 

Erie's Rebellion- 
Reference 75 

Telling of 32 

Foraker, Joseph B., Resolution 50 

Senator 28 

Frobisher, Sought for, reference (Eng.) 72 



168' 


103 


171 


121 


Ans. 


140-1 


249 


279 


252 


312 


96 




103 




No. 


1 


No. 


2 


No. 


17 


No. 


69 


No. 


96 


123 




251 


305 


No. 


24 


210 


3 


210 


7 


234 


106 


237 


156 


221 


9 


144 


136-47 


73 




145 


140 


145 


142 


154 


246 


154 


247 


167 


88 


No. 


9 


No. 


2 


144 


132 


150 


193 


228 


40 


143 


123 


No. 


7 


184 


14-15 


222 


9 


177 


29 


No. 


3 



276 INDEX 



Frye, William P., Commissioner 222 Note. 22 

Fugitive Slave Law, described 40 200 12 

Fulton, Robert- 
Reference.. 98 No. 4 

Question about 33 187 20 

Gadsden Purchase — 

Reference 92 No. 9 

Question 57 225 19 

Residence, reference 119 No. 11 

Gage, Gen. Thomas 17 160 30-3 

General '. 19 164 60 

Garfield, James A., Sketch of 47 216 1 

Administration of 47 216 1-15 

Nickname of Ref. 121 

^ . ,s *i Ill No. 52 

Quotation of I 108 No. 16 

Inaugurated 129 No. 13 

Beginningof Ref. 103 

Mother of 99 No. 13 

"Ohio Jewel" Ref. 125 

Garrison, Wm. Lloyd, Sketch of 37 195 16 

Beginningof Ref. 103 

Quotation of 112 No. 62 

Gates, General 19 164 61 

Plot 22 168 107 

Gasp6, Story of 17 160 22 

Genet, Edmond Charles 31 182 29 

"Genet, Citizen" 31 182 29 

George III.— 

Accession of 18 162 40 

Statue of 20 165 76,77 

Georgia, founding of 8 144 131 

Colony Ref. 92 

Formedfor 10 148 172 

Why named 14 154 236 

Why settled 15 154 251 

Not represented. 17 159 18 

Ratified constitution 106 Note 6 

Seceded 90 No. 13 

Readmitted 91 No. 25 

Question 63 241 189 



ill 



Germantown, battle of.. 81 

Fought each other 21 

Question ^^ 

Gerry, Elbridge 34 

Death of 190 

Gettysburg, battle of "^3 

Attempt at ' ^^ 

Reference 87 

Gilbert, (English) '^^ 

Goldin California, question 39 

Goodyear, inventor I^^r. 

Invention « ^° 

Beginning of ^^f* 

Gosnold, direct route, reference 73 

Governors of Ohio— Territorial and State 31 

List of War 62 

Grand model ^ 

Grant, U. S., Administration of 45 



Lieutenant. 



43 



Battle, Lee 43 

Battle, reference 85 

Beginning of ^®^' 

Quotations HO 

Tree 119 

Nickname of K®^ 

Politics of 128 

"Ohio Jewel" Ref- 

Great Americans and humble beginnings Ref. 

Greeley, Horace, Sketch of 46 



Naming . 



46 



Beginning of — Ref 

Reference '•••• 95 

Greene, Nathaniel 19 

Green Mountain Boys, Commander of 21 

" Greenbacks," Father of • Ref. 

Described 44 

Grey, Captain 65 

Guadalupe Hidalgo "^'^ 

Question 39 

Guiteau, Charles 48 



No. 


22 


167 


39 


172 


136 


188 





No. 


33 


207 


30 


224 


8 


No. 


29 


No. 


5 


199 


15 


95 





No. 


• 6 


103 





No. 


7 


182 


26 


239 


174 


141 


108 


211 


1-26 


2C7 


33-4 


208 


40 


to 


89 


103 




No. 


45 


No. 


2 


120 




No. 


18 


125 




102 


105 


213 


15 


213 


14 


103 




95 





164 


61 


168 


95-6 


124 




209 


62-3 


246 


246 


No. 


21 


199 


14 


216 


6 



278 



INDEX 



" Hail, Columbia" written 118 

Hale, Capt. Nathan, Sketch of 20 

Freedom 24 

Martyr 24 

Reference 119 

Quotation 109 

"Half Moon," Vessel of. 14 

Half King 10 

Halifax awarded 5)6 

Hamilton, Alexander 172 

Questions about 30 

Sketch of 32 

Death of 33 

Son's death 33 

Beginning of Ref. 

Quotation of 108 

Nickname Ref. 

Hamlin, Hannibal, Beginning of Ref. 

" Hammering Campaign "... 61 

Planned. 71 

Reference 87 

Hampton Roads 43 

Reference 86 

Hancock, John 20 

Nickname of 24 

President 93 

Reference •• 98 

Quotations of •• 116 

Hancock, Winfield 47 

Hanna, Marcus A., Senator 28 

Harper's Ferry 41 

Harrison, Wm. Henry, administration 38 

Sketch of 49 

Oldest 222 

Elected from 50 

Quotation 114 

Nickname of Ref. 

Politics 128 

Delegate, (N.W. T.) 67 

Harrison, Benjamin, administration 49 

Nickname of Ref. 

Politics of Ref. 



No. 


8 


166 


85 


173 


151 


172 


140 


No. 


3 


No. 


27 


153 


235 


146 


157 


223 


4 


Ans. 


140 


180 


4-7 


185 


5 


186 


12-14 


188 


23,14 


103 




No. 


19 


123 




103 




237 


1.57 


254 


346 


207 


35 


No. 


U 


165 


72 


172 


140 


No. 


4 


No. 


112 


216 


3 


177 


29 


202 


6 


197 


1-16 


218 


1 


Note 


5 


221 


3 


No. 


84 


120 




No. 


9 


248 


275 


218 


1-10 


121 




128 





INDEX 



m 



Hard Cider Campaign 



88 



Harrington, John ^6*^^- 

Harvard College K^^- 



Located. 



13 
Harvesting machine ^^ 

Havana ^^ 

49 

54 



Hawaii, President, (1893) 

Annexed 

Hawk, Black 102 

Hawthorne, Nathaniel Ref- 

Hay, John ^^ 

Hayes, Rutherford B., administration 47 

Quotation 1^^ 

Nickname ^^^' 

"Ohio Jewel" K^^; 

Politics of 128 

Wife of 99 

Hayne, Robert, question 37 



Reference. 



98 



Hartford Convention : ^^ 



Reference, 



106 



on 

Hermitage 

Hendricks, Thomas A 48 

Henry, Patrick, Sketch of 1'? 

Speech of 1^ 

Question of 24 

Object, the preamble 26 

Reference.. 98 

Beginning of ^^^• 

Note about ^'^^ 

Quotation 108 

Nickname ^*''^* 

Herjulfson, First to see 1 

( 12 

Question •< " " 13 

Hill. David B, Beginning of Ref. 

Historians, List of I^^f- 

Historical Poems, List of Ref. 



List of. 



57 



Historical Trees, List of Ref. 

List of 03 

Hitchcock, Ethan A-... 50 



197 


1 


103 




92 




lo2 


220 


No. 


9 


222 


10 


220 


6 


No. 


8 


96 




221 


4 


214 


1-12 


No. 


18 


121 




125 




No. 


19 


No. 


12 


194 


6-7 


190 


30 


No. 


5 


193 


1 


217 


1 


159 


13 


162 


44 


172 


140 


175 


21 


103 




No. 


4 


No. 


15 


122 




130 


5-7 


151 


201 


152 


211 


103 




97 




118 




226 


23 


119 




242 


201 


221 


4 



280 INDEX 

Hobart, Garret A., questions 50 Ans. 221 

Hobson, Richmond P 53 ... 

Hoe, R. M. (octuple press) Ref. 95 

Reference 98 No. 14 

Holland 69 253 325 

Hood, General 88 No. 47 

Hooker, Joseph ... Ref, 87 89 

Nickname of Ref. 122 

Hooker, Rev. Thomas Ref. 122 

Question about 5 138 75 

Nickname Ref. 122 

Hopkins, Stephen, Hat of 250 Note. 285 

House of Burgesses, Body 3 134 44 

Reference 129 No. 4 

House of Representatives, questions 26 175 1-15 

( 32 185 1 

Elected by-'. 36 192 1 

( 67 249 280 

Houston, Samuel, Sketch of 60 233 105 

Que.stion about 24 173 149 

Howe, Elias, Jr. (sewing machine), questions 

on 41 201 11 

Reference 98 No. 8 

Beginningof Ref. 104 

Howe, Gen., Lord 19 164 60 

In fog 21 167 92 

Battles in .80 to 82 

Quotations on 108 No. 17 

Question , 58 229 49 

Hudson, Henry, sketch of 6 139 85 

Vessel of 14 153 235 

Buried 15 154 240 

Question 64 244 214 

Dutch reference 74 No. 1 

Huguenots 70 253 334 

Hull. General William 34 188 6,10-1 

Humorists, list of Ref. 95 

Hunkers 126 No. 32 

Hurry, Wm., quotation 114 No. 92 

Question about 20 165 75 

Hutchinson, Anne ...,, 5 137 68 



281 



Icelanders, cruises 1 

Idaho, admitted Ref. 

Illinois, admitted Ref. 

Territory.. 30 

Impeachment of Johnson 45 

Trial of 66 

Impressment of seamen Ref. 

Independence, Question about 20 

Hall 125 

Friday 129 

India rubber, Goodyear Ref. 

Inventions 98 

Indiana, admission Ref. 

Territory 30 

Indian Territory 225 

Indian chiefs, List of Ref. 

Sketch of 1 

Comparison 12 

Ten tribes 70 

Tribes of Ohio 67 

Treaties broken 140 

Bible 12 

Wars, List of Ref. 

Interior Department 221 

Inventors, List of Ref. 

Ironclad, Oath of 213 

Irving, Washington Ref. 

Isabella 2 

Quotation of Ill 

Island- 
Capture (No. 10) 43 

Reference 86 

Island, San Domingo- 
Colony at, (Spanish) 72 

Scheme • 47 

Island, Kent Rebellion 75 

Hawaii Ref. 

San Salvador 131 

Philippine ^ 52 

Cuba 51 



130 


5-17 


93 




93 




181 


18,19 


210 


4,5 


247 


270 


82 




165 


71-124 


No. 


10 


No. 


8 


103 




No. 


6 


93 




181 


18,19 


Ans. 


19 


101 




131 


8 


151 


202 


253 


335 


248 


275 


Ans. 


101 


150 


194 


75 




Ans. 


4 


95 


98 


Ans. 


14 


97 




133 


2^ 


No. 


49 


207 


32 


No. 


13 


No. 


1 


214 


26 


No. 


1 


54 




Ans. 


12 


and 


92 


to 


55 



282 



Jackson, Andrew, Sketch of.. 37 

Administration 37 

Nicknames of.. Refs. 

"Gag Laws" 56 

" Kitchen Cabinet" 56 

Act of 58 

Circular of 62 

Events of 70 

Hero 57 

Duel with 38 

Victory 34 

Jackson, T. M. (Stonewall), question 43 

Battle of 86 

How killed 206 

Quotation of 43 

James I., Honor of 5 

Charter for 6 

Question 14 

James II., English Revolution... 7 

English Revolution 8 

Jamestown, Questions about 3 

Naming of 14 

Massacre of 74 

Settled Ref. 

Law-making body 129 

Slavery 89 

Jay, John 180 

Treaty 30 

Reference 76 

Unpopular 68 

Jefferson, Thomas, Sketch of 33 

Administration 32 

On Committee 20 

Writer of 20 

Eminence 24 

Secretary 180 

Slave-holder 36 

Death of 36 

Epitaph 35 

Events 70 

Restrict slavery 89 

Reference ,....,.. 98 



193 


1 




193 


1-23 


120 


125 


223 


2 


223 


3 


229 


58 




241 


186 




254 


344 




225 


20 




196 


21 




189 


17 




206 


23 




No. 


20 




Ans. 


24 ■ 




206 


24 




138 


80 




138 


84 




153 


236 




142 


119 




143 


121 




134 


42 




153 


236 




No. 


1 \ 


92 







No. 


4 \\ 


No. 


1 


Ans. 


4 


181 


15-16 


No. 


9 


251 


298 


187 


22 


185 


1-26 


165 


73 


165 


79 


172 


140 


Ans. 


4 


192 


23 


192 


5 


190 


33 


254 


344 


No. 


2 





Jefferson, Thomas, continued. 

Last words... 114 

Nickname Ref. 

Drafter of Declaration Ref. 

Question about 59 

Politics 128 

Reputed author. 232 

Johnson, Andrew, Sketch of 44 

Administration of 45 

On reconstruction 61 

Trial of 66 

Beginning of Ref. 

Nickname of Ref. 

Politics of 128 

Johnston, Gen. A. S 44 

Reference 89 

Johnstown Horror, Poem 118 

Joint Electoral Commission- 
Elected Hayes 47 

Decided 58 

Joint High Commission 46 

Joliet, Question 9 

Question 8 

Jones, Paul, Victory of 22 

Contest 58 

Of Civil War (nickname) Ref. 

Kansas, Admisssion of Ref. 

Kansas and Nebraska Bill- 
Question 40-1 

Reference 90 

Karlsefne, Thorfinn. 1 

Kaskaskia (111.) settled 9 

Kearney, General 64 

Kearsarge, reference 88 

Kelly, John 53 

Kent Island, Description of 4 

Rebellion 75 

Kentucky, founded 19 

Admission Ref. 

Key, Francis S., questions 35 

Kidd, Captain ...»•••••» 

19 



No. 


91 


120 


124 


125 




232 


84 


No. 


3 


Ans. 


78 


209 


58 


210 


1-15 


236 


144 


247 


270 


104 




121 




No. 


17 


208 


48 


No. 


63 


No. 


12 


214 


1 


230 


59 


212 


12 


144 


139 


144 


137. 


169 


109 


229 


48 


122 




93 




201 


6-9 


No. 


10 


130 


6 


144 


138 


244 


211 


No. 


42 


135 


56 


No. 


1 


164 


65 


93 






25-27 




235 



284 



INDEX 



Kieft, Governor 6 

King Philip, chief of.. 4 

Quotation 112 

How killed 101 

King William's Charted 8 

War 9 

Reference, wars 75 

King George's War 9 

Reference, wars. 75 

Kitchen Cabinet 56 

Knox, Gen. Henry, question 22 

Cabinet 30 

Beginning of Ref. 

"KuKluxKlan" 

Organization 46 

Act of 91 

Question 62 

Labrador, English 72 

La Fayette, Sketch of 21 

Visit of 36 

Aid of 58 

Bunker Hill 58 

Langdon, Prof. Samuel, prayer 19 

Question 61 

La Quasina, Battle of .,. 53 

La Salle (French) 73 

Question 8 

Ship built by 14 

Explored and buried 15 

Discovered 248 

Laudonniere (French) 73 

Quotation of 112 

Lake Erie 57 

Reference 83 

Perry's victory 83 

Perry's victory explained 67 

Lakes, Great, First ship on 144 

Law, John, Mississippi scheme and sketch 9 

Lawrence, Gen. James 83 

Dying words 107 

Lee, Gen. Charles, violated 22 

Nickname , Ref. 



139 


92 


136 


62 


No. 


63 


No. 


1 


144 


127 


145 


148-50 


No. 


5 


145 


148-50 


No. 


8 


223 


3 


171 


122 


180 


4 


104 





212 


9 


No. " 


27 


238 


166 


No. 


2 


167 


88-89 


191 


14-15 


229 


56 


230 


60 


163 


59 


236 


148-9 


No. 


11 


144 


137 


152 


228 


154 


242-3 


Ans. 


275 


No. 


5 


No. 


70 


225 


20 


No. 


12 


No. 


16 


249 


282 


Ans. 


137 


145 


141 


No. 


8-12 


No. 


7 


169 
124 


110 



Lee, Richard Henry, Sketch of 20 

President 94 

Quotation 113 

Nickname Ref. 

Lee, General Robert E., reference 85 

Surrender of 91 

Quotation of 113 

Tree 119 

Relation of 50 

Leisler, Jacob, sketch of 8 

Question 62 

Letter, Abraham Whipple's 160 

James Wallace's 160 

Benjamin Franklin's 18 

John Henry 34 

First three letters 9 

Letters will spell 23 

Lexington, described 17 

Reference 80 

Liberator, Editor of 37 

Liberty Bell, place 126 

Question 20 

Bellman of 114 

Liberty Tree, oak 119 

Elm 119 

Reference 126 

Liberty, Sons of 126 

Defined 17 

Liberty, Statue of 48 

Liberty, Hall of 125 

Liberty, Cradle of 125 

Question 17 

Lightning-rod, inventor of 157 

Lincoln, Abraham, Administration of 42 

Sketch of 42 

Compared with 47 

Debate of 41 

Captain 42 

Issued 90 

Statesman Ref, 

Beginning of »Ref. 

Quotation , , ,..„, 116 



165 


78 


No. 


12 


No. 


82 


122 




to 


89 


No. 


18 


No. 


73 


No. 


2 


222 


11 


143 


121 


240 


175 


Ans. 


22 


Ans. 


22 


162 


42-45 


188 


7-8 


145 


149 


171 


124 


160 


30 


No. 


1 


195 


16 


No. 


19 


165 


74 


No. 


92 


No. 


11 


No. 


12 


No. 


20 


No. 


14 


159 


21 


218 


5 


No. 


8 


No. 


8 


160 


23 


Ans. 


261 


204 


1-64 


204 


1,2 


216 


2 


202 


5 


206 


22 


No. 


16 


98 




104 




No. 


110 



286 INDEX 

Liacoln, Abraham, continued. 

Nicknames Ref. 

Poor boy Ref. 

Politics of 128 

Friday 129 

List of first general review 12 

Of second general review 23 

Of third general review 56 

Discoverers and explorers ~ 72 

Massacres Ref. 74 

Rebellions Ref. 75 

Wars Ref. 75 

Treaties Ref. 76 

Acts of Great Britain Ref. 77 

Acts of the United States Ref. 78 

Battles of Revolutionary War Ref. 80 

Battles of War of 1812 Ref. 82 

Battles of Mexican War Ref. 84 

Battles of Civil War Ref. 85 

Union generals of center, coast, and west.. Ref. 89 

Seceded States Ref. 90 

Of Territory acquired Ref. 91 

Colleges Ref. 92 

English colonies Ref. 92 

Admitted States Ref. 93 

Continental Congresses with President Ref. 93 

United States Congresses Ref. 94 

Extra Sessions of Congress Ref. 94 

List of Inventors Ref. 95 

Prodigies 

Criminologists 

Wealthy men and bankers 

Humorists 

Journalists ... 

Mathematicians 

List of Financiers Ref. 96 

Diplomats 

Actors 

Novelists 

Essayists 

Litterateurs, &c ,•••:•'■ .,........,.,^ 



120 





125 




No. 


16 


No. 


11 


151 


201-61 


171 


125-51 


\ns. 


223 


to 


74 



iNDteX 287 



List of Sculptors Ref. 97 

Painters 

Historians 

Biographers 

Preachers, etc 

Philanthropists 

Poets 



List of Statesmen Ref. 

Teachers and Educators 

Inventions 

List of Eminent Americans Ref. 

Indian chiefs Ref. 

Americans, humble beginnings Ref. 

Conventions Ref. 

Famous sayings Ref. 

Ref. 

226 



Historical poems -^ 



Historical trees -j 2/2 

Nicknames Ref. 

Drafters of Declaration Ref. 

"Ohio Jewels" Ref. 

Poor Boys Ref. 

Teacher Presidents Ref. 

Curious phrases Ref. 

Presidents, politics Ref. 

Eventful Friday Ref. 

Dutch governors 139 

French forts 145 

Generals fell at Quebec /. 148 

First papers published 150 

Nicknames of colonies, etc 14 

Colonial men and women 156 

Causes of Revolutionary War 157 

Foreign aid 167 

British and American generals 164 

How the armies were saved 167 

Of Revolutionary Southern generals...... 170 

Revolutionary American commissioners. ... 171 

Revolutionary eminent men and women.... 172 

180) 



Cabinet officers, first and last. 



221 J 



101 




102 




105 




107 




118 
No. 


"'23 


119 
No. 


"201* 


120 


128 


125 




125 




125 




125 




25-28 




128 




129 





Ans. 


92 


Ans. 


142 


Ans. 


175 


Ans. 


190 


153 


236 


Ans. 


260 


Ans. 


1-2 


Ans. 


88 


Ans. 


60-1 


Ans. 


92 


Ans. 


114 


Ans. 


120 


Ans. 


140 


Ans. 


4 



288 iMDEx 



List of, continued. 

States composing Northwest Territory 181 

JefE. Davis' cabinet officers 205 

r 206 

Those who prayed-< 163 

( 9 

Letters on coin, why 210 

Presidents inaugurated after March 4 214 

Presidents elected from Ohio 221 

Inquiry Committee (1898) 222 

Peace Committee 222 

Of Indian tribes of United States 253 

Indian tribes of Ohio 248 

"Wag Wars" 145 

French settlements 133 

Dutch settlements 139 

Spanish settlements 72 

English settlement 133 

Settlements of Ohio 248 

Of Halls 125 

President died July 4 250 

Different Histories defined 230 

Chief Justices 227 

Amendments 235 

Capitals of Ohio 248 

Capitals of the United States. Ref. 

Livingston, Robert R 30 

Purchased 33 

Quotation 115 

Locofoco, (name of) 127 

Lc^g Cabin, candidate : Ref. 

Campaign 38 

Logan, John A., nickname Ref. 

Nominees 48 

Question about 43 

London Company, questions 3 

Long Island 167 

Battle 80 

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth — 

Nickname Ref. 

r Ref. 

Poems- 226 

{^ 234 



Ans. 


18-19 


Ans. 


6 


Ans. 

Ans 

145 


23 
57 
144 


Ans. 


63 


Ans. 


2 


Ans. 


3 


Ans. 


10 


Ans. 


22 


Ans. 


335 


Ans. 


275 


Ans. 


149 


Ans. 


28 


Ans. 


91 


No. 


10,11 


Ans. 


26 


Ans. 


275 


No. 


8-12 


Ans. 


286 


Ans. 


66 


Ans. 


38 


Ans. 


121 


Ans. 


275 


94 




180 


2 


186 


8 


No. 


106 


No. 


40 


120 





197 


1 


122 





217 


1 


207 


31 


134 


39-56 


Ans. 


92 


No. 


11 


123 




118 
Ans. 
Ans. 


""23 
107 



INDEX 289 



Longstreet, Geueral 87 

Lookout Mountain, battle 87 

Battle 207 

Louisiana, Purchase 33 

Quotation 115 

Territory 91 

State admitted Ref. 

Seceded 90 

Readmitted 91 

Lundy's Lane, Battle of 83 

^McClellan, Geo. B 42 

Against 43 

General of Ref. 

Nickname of Ref. 

Candidate 67 

Mentioned 58 

McCormick, invented harvester 98 

Question 41 

McDonough 84 

McHenry,Fort 190 

McKinley, William, administration 50 

Protective tarifE 49 

Cabinet of. 50 

Nickname of Ref. 

Politics of 128 

Mother of 99 

Question 59 

Madison, James, sketch of 33 

Inauguration 214 

Administration '34 

Note about 190 

Revising committee 174 

Nickname of Ref. 

Politics 128 

Magellan, Spaniard 72 

Question 3 

S. W. Passage 252 

Mails established 251 

Maine, Admission of Ref. 



No. 


34 


No. 


34 


No. 


30 


186 


8 


No. 


106 


No. 


2 


93 




No. 


13 


No. 


24 


No. 


20 


206 


18 


207 


30 


89 




122 




249 


277 


229 


54 


No. 


9 


201 


11 


No. 


23 


Ans. 


25 


221 


1-22 


219 


9 


221 


4 


121 




No. 


25 


No. 


13 


232 


82 


188 


25 


Ans. 


2 


188 


1-33 


Ans. 


33 


Ans. 


13 


120 


124 


No. 


4 


No. 


4 


133 


32 


Ans. 


322 


Ans. 


302 


93 





iNDteX 



Maine, Story of 50 222 10 

Reference 51 to 55 

Quotation 117 No. 8 

Question 64 244 213 

Manhattan Island, purchased and named 6 139 89 

•'March to the Sea" 44 208 44 

Reference 88 No. 51 

Marietta, when settled, etc 67 248 275 

Marion, Gen. Francis, Story of 22 170 113 

Escaping of 68 2.^1 307 

Marquette, reference, French 73 No. 10 

Adventures of 8 144 137 

Marshall, John (x, y, z papers) 63 243 203 

Maryland, Refuge for 10 148 173 

Why named 153 Ans. 236 

Conventions in Ref. 105 

Ratified Constitution Ref. 106 

Colony of Ref. 92 

Ceded District of Columbia 57 225 19 

Mason and Dixon's Line, surveyed 68 251 303 

Massachusetts, explored, reference, English.... 73 No. 8 

Settledby 4 135 57-61 

League 5 137 72 

Why named 153 Ans. 236 

Boston 17 160 24 

Bill 78 No. 6 

Troop (Civil War) 85 No. 1 

Colony Ref. 92 

Ratified Constitution 106 No. 4 

Noted trees 119 No. 10,12 

Leader (Adams) Ref. 121 

Rock 125 No. 3-4 

Hall 125 No. 8 

Liberty Tree 126 No. 20 

Churches •• 126 No. 23-24 

Company 16 155 255 

Massacres, List of •• Ref. 74 

Massasoit 101 No. 1 

Mather, Cotton, witchcraft 8 142 120 

Advice to Franklin 67 249 279 

Mathematicians, List of Ref. 95 

Maximilian, Story of 45 211 13 



tNDEX t9i 



Mayflower 4 

Ohio vessel 67 

Mayflower, Compact 5 

Governor of 4 

Meade, General 87 

Gettysburg. 56 

Mecklenburg Resolutions, described 18 

Question 60 

Menendez, Pedro, (Spaniards) 72 

" Meridian Raid," or Campaign Ref. 

By Sherman 44 

"Merrimac" and "Monitor," Battle 43 

Name of Commander 62 

Nickname 98 

Date of battle. 86 

Merrimac, sunk by Ref. 

Mexico, War with Ref. 

Question 39 

Cession 91 

Michigan, Territory of 30 

Settled 9 

Admitted Ref. 

Noted tree 242 

Died on Lake 9 

Miller, Colonel, quotation 109 

Question about 35 

Mint of United States, first in America 226 

Established 180 

Early History of 57 

Letters on coin and name of mints 209 

Minute Men, known as 17 

Minuit, Peter, Gov 6 

Purchased 6 

Missionary Ridge (date) 207 

Reference 87 

Mississippi River, reference, Spaniards 72 

Portion explored 3 

Entire length sailed 3 

Reference, French 73 

Buried in 9 



Question about 



f 12 

1 15 



135 


56 


248 


275 


137 


72 


136 


61 


No. 


29 


224 


8 


161 


36 


No. 


115 


No. 


10 


87 




208 


44 


207 


35-6 


240 


179 


No. 


10 


No. 


11 


53 


55 


84 




199 


1-14 


No. 


7 


181 


18-19 


145 


140 


93 




Ans. 


201 


145 


144 


No. 


25 


190 


32 


Ans. 


30 


Ans. 


5,7 


226 


30 


Ans. 


63 


158 


12 


139 


92 


139 


89 


Ans. 


30 


No. 


34 


No. 


5 


133 


37 


133 


38 


No. 


11 


145 


146 


151 


204 


154 


238 



iNiDEX 



Mississippi River, continued. 

First settlement, Valley 9 144 138 

Opening of Ref. 85 

Mississippi, scheme 9 145 141 

Admitted Ref. 93 

Seceded 90 No. 13 

Readmitted 91 No. 25 

Misfcouri, admitted Ref. 93 

Missouri Compromise 89 No. 5 

Repealed 90 No. 10 

^ .. / 41 201 9 

Questionj 59 232 78 

Defined 35 191 6 

Modoc War 76 No. 24 

Money, History of 57 226 30 

Greenbacks.. 44 209 63 

Letters on 209 Ans. 63 

Monmouth, Rebellion of 75. No. 3 

Battle of 81 No. 28 

Rules violated 22 169 110 

Located 56 224 8 

Monroe, James, Sketch of 35 190 4 

Administration 35 190 1-23 

"Justice" 241 Ans. 193 

Question about 65 245 230 

Nickname of Ref. 120 

Politics of 128 No. 5 

Quotation on 109 No. 35 

Monroe's Doctrine, defined 36 191 16 

Author of 36 191 17 

Question about 59 232 78 

Montana, admitted Ref. 93 

Montcalm, General, Sketch of 10 148 166 

Dying words 113 No. 74 

Question 15 154 239 

Monterey, Battle of 84 No. 4 

"House Tops" 224 Ans. 8 

Montezumas 39 199 10 

Montgomery, Richard, killed 19 164 66 

Question 15 154 239 

Monticello, home 187 Ans. 22 

Sage of Ref. 120 



Morgan, Daniel, prayed 206 

Morgan's Raid 43 

Reference, Tree 119 

Mormons, sketch of 38 

Nickname of 126 

Morris, Robert 24 

Founder of 181 

Reference 96 

Nickname Ref. 

Morris, Gouverneur, Writer of 25 

Nickname of Ref. 

Bank 181 

Morse, Samuel F. B 39 

Inventor •• 98 

Morton, Dr. Wm. F. G., Story of 39 

Morton, Levi P.. 49 

Mound Builders. 1 

Mount Vernon, Home 180 

Home 182 

Moultrie Fort 20 

Mugwumps 127 

Mutiny Act 78 

Murf reesboro, ( or Stone River ) — 

Attack on 63 

Reference 86 

Napoleon Bonaparte— 

Purchased of 33 

Friday 129 

Trouble with 37 

Narragansett, Chief of 101 

Friendof 5 

Narvaez, reference 72 

National Road 36 

Buried near (Necessity) 11 

National Bank 30 

National Debt (Civil War) 42 

Naval battles- 
Paul Jones 22 

Warofl812 Ref. 

Civil War 43 

With Spain 51 



Ans. 


23 


208 


42 


No. 


8 


197 


7-14 


No. 


13 


172 


140 


Ans. 


10 


124 


Z" 


174 


14 


124 




Ans. 


10 


198 


11 


No. 


7 


198 


16 


and 


218 


131 


8 


Ans. 


3 


Ans. 


36 


164 


68-9 


No. 


51 


No. 


8 


241 


194 


No. 


25 



No. 


1 


196 


18 


No. 


3 


137 


68 


No. 


8 


193 


10 


149 


181 


181 


10 


205 


4 


169 


109 


82 




207 


32,36 


to 


55 



294 ii4DEX 



Navigation Acts 78 No. 

Nebraska admitted 93 

Necessity, Fort 10 

Buried near 11 

Negro Question 3 

Slavery outline •• 89 

Nevada admitted Ref. 

New Amsterdam 6 

New Netherlands 6 

New England, Patriarch of 12 

Newspaper- 
First 13 

First daily 13 

List of 11 

Editors of Ref. 

" New France," ( Father of ) 3 

Foundation laid, (French) 73 

Nickname Ref. 

New Hampshire- 
Settlement of.. Ref. 

New Jersey- 
Settlement of Ref. 

Why named- 14 

Without a Governor 6 

New Mexico- 
Reference (Spaniards) 72 

Treaty with 77 

New York- 
Why named 6 

Settlement of Ref. 

Report 20 

British enter 62 

( 30 

Inauguration atj ■"" .'"."""'.'.'.'. 48 

Centennial at 49 

New Orleans- 
Battle of 84 

Hereof 34 

Capture of 86 

Newport, Christopher- 
Events about 3 134 42 

Reference (London Co.) 73 No. 10 



146 


158 


149 


181 


134 


45 


to 


91 


93 




139 


91 


139 


91 


150 


193 


152 


218 


152 


219 


150 


190 


96 




133 


35 


No. 


9 


124 




92 





92 




153 


236 


140 


96 


No. 


11 


No. 


21 


139 


91 


92 




165 


76 


238 


164 


180 


1,2 


217 


10 


218 


2 


No. 


25 


189 


17 


No. 


14 



INDEX . 295 



Newfoundland, reference, Englisli 

Niagara (Fort) 

Norfolk, "Merrimac" blown up 

North Carolina- 
Settled Ref. 

First governor of 

Why named 

Secedes 

Readmitted ... 

Northmen ( explorers )— 

Name of 

White visitor 

First born 

Cruises of.. 

North, Lord, Misconduct of 

North Atlantic Squadron Ref. 

Northeast Boundary- 
Settled 

Reference 

Northwest Boundary, reference, treaty 

Northeast Passage, discovered 

Northwest Passage- 
Discovered 

Sought for, reference (English) 

Sought for, reference (Dutch) 74 

Northwest Territory- 
States composed, with history 30 181 18,19 

Nova Scotia- 
First settlement of, reference (French)... 
First settlement in America 

Nullification Act- 
Reference (Acts) 

Question about 

Rebellion 

Oak Tree 119 Nos. 7,13 

Oglethorpe, James — 

Founded for poor 8 144 131 

Ohio Company- 
Organization of 16 

Question about 30 

Persons composing 31 



72 


No. 


1 


9 


145 


142 


43 
ef. 


207 
92 


35 


7 


141 


109 


14 


153 


236 


90 


No. 


13 


91 


No. 


24 


12 


151 


201 


1 


130 


5 


1 


130 


6 


1 


131 


7 


58 
ef. 


228 
52 


44 


38 


197 


5 


77 


No. 


19 


77 


No. 


20 


69 


252 


322 


69 


252 


322 


72 


No. 


3 


74 


No. 


1 



73 


No. 


8 


9 


145 


140 


78 


No. 


3 


37 


194 


4 


75 


No. 


9 



155 


255 


181 


18-27 


182 


25 



INDEX 



Ohio Land Company, Organization of 16 155 25 

Ohio- 
Territory of 30 

Early history of 67 

List of first settlements 31 

Early governors of 31 

First college 31 

War governors 62 

" Ohio Jewels " named Ref . 

Presidents born in 50 

Presidents elected from 50 

Admitted Ref. 

Ohio River, discovered 9 

Explored 15 

History of 67 

"Olympia" (flagship) 51 

Omnibus Bill — 

Defined, and author 40 

Reference 90 

Question about 59 

Opposer of money 33 

Orange, Fort 6 

Ordinance of 1787— 

When passed, and name of author. 59 

Territory embracing j !*...... 16 

Reference 89 

Ordinance, Nullification 37 

Reference, United States Acts 78 

Oregon Territory 91 

Admitted Ref. 

Treaty, reference 77 

Osceola chief 102 

Sketch of 36 

Question 37 

Quotation of 108 

Ostend Manifesto, defined* 40 

Otis, James- 
Proposed 17 

Sister of 59 

Why eminent 24 

Ottawas, tribe ••... 67 



181 


18 


248 


275 


182 


24 


182 


26 


182 


27 


239 


174 


125 




221 


3 


221 


3 


93 





144 


139 


154 


243 


248 


275 


to 


55 


199 


1-2 


No. 


9 


232 


78 


188 


25 


139 


91 


232 


81 


181 


18 


155 


255 


No. 


3 


194 


45 


No. 


3 


No. 


6 


93 




No. 


20 


No. 


7 


192 


21 


195 


10 


No. 


20 


201 


5 


159 


14,20 


232 


86 


172 


140 


248 


275 



INDEX 297 

Pacific Ocean— 

Discovered by Spanish 72 No. 3 

Naming of 14 153 236 

Question about 3 133 31 

Pacific Railroad, completed 46 211 4 

Packenham, General 84 No. 25 

Palo Alto, Battle of. 84 No. 1 

Pan-American Congress 49 219 5 

Be'-nce{-™:;;:;;r;;::;;v;;;;;;.v3:::;-;; 'I "ti zl 

Panic of 1837 38 196 2 

Of 1857 41 202 7 

Of 1873 46 213 16 

Of 1893 49 220 2 

Reference of (Congress) 94 

Paper money- 
First used 57 226 30 

Civil War 44 209 63,64 

Opposed 33 188 25 

Paris, Treaty of 76 to 77 

Parris, Samuel, witchcraft. 8 142 120 

Patriod War, Cause of 38 196 3 

Reference 76 No. 20 

Patroons, Name of 6 138 84 

PaulJones, naval battle 22 169 109 

Peabody, George 65 245 227 

Beginning of Ref. 104 

" Peninsular Campaign " 71 254 345 

Penn, Wm— 

Sketch of and questions about 6 140 97-103 

Quotations of 112 No. 65 

Reply to 116 No. 113 

Drew up plans 8 143 123-4 

Founder of 156 Ans. 260 

Quotation of 115 No. 107 

Nickname of Ref. 123 

Pennsylvania- 
Granted to 6 140 97-99 

Naming of 6 140 100 

Why settled 15 154 251 

Settled at 62 238 167 

Reference , 92 



298 INDEX 



Peoria 101 No. 

Pequods— 

War described 5 

Reference (War) 75 

Tribe of 70 

Perry, Oliver H., wins battle.. 83 

Dispatch 115 

Victory described 67 

Question about 60 

Personal Liberty Laws- 
Caused 40 

Petersburg, Virginia, explosion of 88 

Philadelphia- 
Founding of 6 

Meaningof 6 

Settled Ref. 

Philip, King, chief 101 

War with 5 

Quotation 112 

Benjamin Church 4 

Physical Divisions, United States 1 

Phonograph invented 98 

Philanthropist Ref. 

Philippine Islands- 
Victory at 52 

Acquired territory 92 

Phipps, George F 53 

Pierce, Franklin- 
Administration of 40 

Nickname of Ref. 

Politics of 128 

Day inaugurated 129 

Pilgrims- 
Questions about 4 

Politic, or compact 13 

Compared with London Co 11 

Question about 58 

Pinckney, Henry L 56 

Pinckney, Charles — 

Quotation of 32 

Reference.. Ill 

Pitcairn, General, Command of 114 



137 


71 


No. 


1 


253 


335 


No. 


16 


No. 


105 


249 


282 


235 


114 


200 


12 


No. 


44 


140 


97-100 


140 


97 


92 




No. 


1 


138 


76 


No. 


63 


136 


62 


131 


9 


No. 


13 


97 




No. 


13 


200 


1-12 


120 




No. 


14 


No. 


13 


135 


57,64 


151 


206 


149 


187 


228 


41 


223 


2 


184 


12 


No. 


61 


No. 


85 



299 



Pitt, William- 
Defends America 56 

Hated 18 

Quotation of H^ 

Friend 18 

Pittsburg— 

Why named 1^ 

Question about 10 

Fort stood at H 

Pittsburg Landing, Battle of 86 

Plains of Abraham- 
Location of • 10 

Generals killed H 

Nickname of 125 

Plymouth Company- 
Questions about ^ 

Compared with H 

Why named • 62 

Plymouth Rock- 
First stepped upon 4= 

Why named. 1* 

Reference •• 125 

Plymouth Constitution, first in America 5 

Pocahontas— 

Rescued 3 

Marries '^ 

Nickname of I^^f- 

Political Parties- 
First 25 175 

Reference • 128 

Polk, James K.— 

Administration of 39 

Politics of 128 

Event 66 

Question 60 

Nickname of ^^^' 

Polo, Marco 57 

Reference '^^ 

Polygamy- Supported 48 

Ponce de Leon- 
Reference Spaniard 72 

Question about— ..•••.?..•••?•?. -^f 3 

20 



224 


6 


162 


;» 


No. 


121 


162 


39 


153 


236 


148 


171 


149 


182 


No. 


12 


148 


165 


148 


175 


No. 


6 


135 


57-64 


149 


187 


240 


177 


136 


62 


153 


236 


No. 


4 


137 


72 


134 


42-3 


135 


51 


122 





199 


1-18 


No. 


11 


247 


273 


234 


110 


120 




226 


26 


No. 


5 


217 


12 


No. 


2 


133 


31 



300 INDEX 



101 


4 


149 


178 


147 


164 


No. ■ 


10 


No. 


13 


203, 


13 


173 


3 


219 


6 


221 


1 


No. 


31 


145 


140 


No. 


8 



Pontiac— 

Conspiracy of Ref. 

Reward for killing of 11 

Conspiracy Described 10 

Reference, Wars 75 

Pope, General- 
Reference 89 

Island No. 10 86 

Popular Sovereignty 41 

Population— 

Of 1789 25 

Of 1890 49 

Populists. [See People's Party.]... 50 

Port Hudson, surrender 87 

Port Royal, N.S.— 

Settlement 9 

Colony established, French 73 

Porter, David- 
Commander of "Essex." 82 No. 

Porter, Commodore D. D.— 

Reference 89 

Post-Office— 

Established 144 

Question 68 

Potomac River— 

Capital on 57 

General of the Ref. 

Portuguese, List of Ref. 

Postage invented 8 

Postage reduced 48 

Prescott, Colonel, at Bunker Hill 19 

Presidents- 
Nicknames of Ref. 

Poor boy Ref. 

Question about 67 

Politics of. Ref. 

Who were generals 69 

Elected from Ohio 50 

Born in Ohio 50 

Inaugurated on Friday. 129 

Mothers at inauguration -,■„ •■ 99 



Ans. 


125 


251 


302 


225 


19 


89 




74 




144 


125 


217 


15 


164 


62 


120 




125 




250 


283 


128 




252 


319 


221 


3 


221 


3 


No. 


13 


No. 


13 



INDEX 

Presidents— Continued. 

Inaugurated at New York City | *■■■■■;"''.*"" 48 

Inaugurated at Philadelphia 214 

Of the Continental Congresses Ref. 

Who were vice-presidents 67 

Died July 4th 67 

Died between 1860 and 1870 63 

( 68 

Annual message I 66 

President — 

Five ways of becoming 66 

Questions pertaining to 28 

Candidates for 67 

Twice Vice- 67 

Justice of Peace 65 

Mayor and Supervisor 63 

Confederate and Vice- • 63 

Salary of , etc ^^ 

Message 68 

Buried (poor) 68 

Lawyer candidates for 69 

Generals 69 

Princeton- 
Battle of 80 

College 92 

Pring ( English ) '^^ 

Printing Press- 
First in America ^ 

First in United States 5 



301 



Second in America- 



Question for reference ii 

Questions about, etc 13 

Proctor, General- 
Question about 2^ 

Proclamation- 
Emancipation ^3 

Issued 66 

Proprietary Colonies I^^f- 

Public House, Washington took leave at 22 

Puerto Rico discovered 1 

Bombarded ^^ 

Acquired • ' .•/■..■•».-• 9^ 



180 
217 


1 
10 


Ans. 


2 


93 


94 


250 


287 


250 


286 


241 


192 


251 
246 


300-1 
254 


247 


272 


178 


1-12 


249 


277 


249 


281 


245 


230 


241 


193 


241 


191 


227 


38 


251 


300-1 


251 


309 


252 


320 


252 


310 


No. 


16 


No. 


4 


No. 


8 


138 


79 


138 


78-79 


138 


79 


150 


189 


No. 


214-19 



14 



208 


43 


247 


258 


92 




171 


122 


131 


12 


to 


55 


No. 


12 



302 iNbEX 

Pulaski— 



Aids{ 



21 

58 

Pulling, John- 
Vestryman 17 

Reference 126 

Puritans, Sketch of, and why named 4 

Putnam, Israel — 

Story and sketch of 18 

Nickname of Ref. 

Eminent 24 

Beginning of Ref. 

Putnam, Rufus, of the Ohio Company. 16 

Quakers— 

Sketch of •. 5 

Founder of 12 

Defined 58 

Reference 125 

Historical trees. 119 

Quartering Act Ref. 

Caused 16 

Quasi War- 
Cause of 32 

Reference 76 

Quebec- 
Questions about 3 

Fort of 9 

Stairs of 9 

Plains at 10 

Generals fell at 11 

Father of Ref. 

Battle of 80 

Expedition against 148 

Quebec Act- 
Reference 78 No. 

Queen Ann- 
Question about 8 

War with 75 

Queen Victoria 129 

Quids .,:•:...:.... 127 



167 


88 


229 


57 


160 


27 


No. 


23 


135 


57-64 


161 


34 


122 




172 


140 


104 




155 


255 


137 


73 


1.50 


193 


228 


41 


No. 


2 


No. 


13 


77 


1 


157 


2 


184 


16 


No. 


13 


133 


34-35 


145 


142 


145 


145 


148 


165 


148 


175 


124 




No. 


7 


Ans. 


166 



144 


127 


No. 


6 


No. 


8 


No. 


41 



:^03 



Quincy, Josiah— 

First proposer of secession 41 

Speech of 126 

Quotations, List of 107 

Railroad— 

Tramway 36 

First „ 36 

Question 36 

Baltimore and Ohio 47 

Strike 47 

Underground 40 

"Raleigh" (ship) 52 

Raleigh, Sir Walter- 
Attempts of.. , 67 

Quotations of 114 

Rail, Colonel, keeping Christmas 20 

Randolph, Edmund— 

Attorney-General 30 

Resolution of 25 

Randolph, John- 
Harmless duel 191 

Rebellious, List of Ref. 

Reconstruction — 

Difficulties of { ;;:;;:;;;;;;■;;;'"*; f. 

Passed 91 

Red Jacket 101 

Refunding Act 79 

Religion of Indians- 
Described 1 

Reid, Whitelaw— 

Commissioner 50 

Representatives- 
Questions about 26 

Republican Presidents- 
Reference 128 

Resaca de la Palma— 

Battle of 84 

Resolution of 1787 25 

Reference ' 106 

Resolution, Mecklenburg- 
Described 18 161 



203 


14 


No. 


24 


to 


117 


193 


11 


193 


9 


193 


8 


215 


5 


215 


6 


200 


12,15 


247 


274 


No. 


90 


166 


86 


180 


4 


174 


8-9 


Ans. 


11 


75 




210 


I 


236 


139 


No. 


20 


No. 


6 


No. 


8 


131 


10 


222 


22 


175 


1-15 


No. 


2 


174 


8-9 


No. 


4 



304 INDEX 



Resumption Act- 
Specie 47 214 23 

Reference 79 No. 11 

Revere, Paul- 
Story of 17 160 26 

Reference ( ride ) .'. 118 No. 16 

Revolution, English 7 140 104 

Revolution- 
Causes and questions 16 157 1-124 

Rhode Island- 
Colony of Ref. 92 

^^ , ,f 5 137 74 

Charter of I 7 141 m.ng 

Rebellionin r • 38 197 6 

Reference ( rebellions ) 74 No. 8 

Ribault, John, ( French ) 73 No. 4 

Richmond, Va.— 

Confederate capital 241 Ans. 190 

Campaign against Ref. 85 

Approach 237 Ans, 157 

Capture of 89 No. 61 

Right of search, cause of — Ref. 82 

Ring, "Boss Tweed" or Tammany Fraud 46 212 9 

Rittenhouse, David Ref. 95 

Beginning of Ref. 104 

Riot- 
Railroad 47 215 6 

Anarchist 48 218 4 

Road, National- 
Construction of 36 193 10 

Roanoke Island- 
Lost colony of 67 247 274 

Rochambeau, Count de- 
Aids America.. 21 167 88 

Aids 58 229 57 

Rolfe, John- 
Question 3 134 43 

Marries "^ 1*^5 51 

Rosecrans, W S.— 

At Chattanooga 43 207 30 

At Chickamauga 57 225 20 

Roosevelt, Lieut.-Col. Theodore 53 



INDEX 305 

Ross, General- 
Burns Capitol 34 189 18 

Qaotationsof 225 Note 1 

Rotation in Office, Question 37 194 2 

Rough Riders Ref. 53 

Rough and Ready Ref. 120 

Russia— 

P«rchasedof 45 211 12 

Reference 92 No. 10 

Ryswick, Treaty of 76 No. 3 

Question of 9 145 150 

St. Augustine- 

Founded 72 No. 10 

Whynamed.. 14 153 236 

St. Clair, Gen. Arthur- 
Governor of N. W. Territory 155 Ans. 255 

Defeat of 31 181 23 



Governor 



f 31 182 



I. 248 Ans. 275 

St. Lawrence, French Ref. 73 2 

Question 3 133 31 

Whynamed 14 153 236 

St. Leger, Colonel, Campaign of 63 242 200 

St. Louis, Territory acquired 227 Ans. 33 

St. Mary's, Mich 9 145 140 

Salem Colony, Question about 4 Ans. 136 

Salem Witchcraft- 
Origin of 8 144 135 

Story about 8 142 120 

Author of 142 Ans. 120 

Salt Lake City, Temple at 197 Ans. 7 

San Domingo, First colony, Spaniards Ref. *72 1 

San Domingo Scheme- 
Grant's 47 214 26 

San Francisco, Acquired 227 Ans. 33 

San Juan bombarded 52 to 55 

San Salvador discovered 131 Ans. 12 

Santa Aona, Gen.,— 

Question about 39 199 9 

Reference. 84 to 85 



306 INDEX 



Santa F6— 

Founded 72 

Question about 2 

Santiago Harbor bombarded 53 

Saratoga- 
Battles of 81 

Questions about • 21 

Savannah Ref. 

Founded 8 

Steamer 35 

Taken 88 

Schley, Rear Admiral Winfield S Ref. 

Commander of 62 

Schuyler, Fort 242 

Scott, Winfield Ref. 

Candidate 62 

Secession- 
Ordinance of 41 

Proposer of 41 

Defined 42 

Of Southern States Ref. 

Reconstruction 91 

Questions about, (Questions) 41 

Hall 125 

Second Continental Congress- 
Questions about 19 

President of Ref. 

Screw propeller invented 98 

Sedition Law — 

Explained... 32 

Punished 57 

Seminole War Ref. 

Cause of 36 

Chiefs.. 102 

Semmes, Raphael- 
Commanded 43 

Nickname of Ref. 

Separatists 135 

"Serapis," ship 169 

" Seven cities of Cibola " sought for 3 

Seven day's battle 86 



No. 


11 


133 


24 


No. 


20,24 


168 


99-100 


92 




144 


131 


191 


12 


No. 


54 


53 




237 


160 


Ans. 


200 


84 




237 


160 


202 


9 


203 


14 


205 


5 


90 


13 


No. 20, 24,25 


Ans. 


202 


No. 


12 


162 


48-52 


93 




No. 


10 


183 


6-7 


225 


21 


76 




192 


21 


No. 


7 


206 


28 


122 




Ans. 


58 


Ans. 


107 


133 


30 


No. 


18 



INDEX 30'? 

Seven Pines, Battle of 86 No. 16 

Sewall, Artliur— 

Confession of 142 

Reference of 126 

Seward, Wm. H.— 

Questions about • 44 

Nickname of R^f. 

Purchased of •■ 60 

Sewing machine- 
Invented 98 

Question about 41 

Shafter, Major-General, William R 53 

Shays, Daniel- 
Rebelled 23 

Reference ( Rebellions ) 75 

Sheridan. General Philip — 

Famous ride 88 

Question 44 

Poem about 118 

Nicknamed 43 

"Ohio Jewels" Ref. 

Sherman, Gen. W. T.— 

March of 44 

Raid by 87 

General of 89 

Nickname of I^®^' 

"Ohio Jewels" Ref. 

"Military Picnic" 127 

Question about 60 

Aids, General Grant 61 

Christmas gift of 59 

Sherman, Roger — 

Eminent 24 

Beginning of I^®^- 

Drafter of Declaration Ref- 

Sherman, John- 
Resumption act 47 

Act 49 

c 79 

Reference acts j 80 

Cabinet 50 

Beginning of R®^* 



\ns. 


120 


No. 


24 


209 


54 


±24 




234 


109 


No. 


8 


201 


11 


171 


123 


No. 


5 


No. 


50 


No. 


45 


No. 


19 


207 


31 


125 




208 


44 


to 


89 


123 




125 




No. 


52 


235 


112 


237 


157 


231 


77 


172 


140 


104 




125 




214 


23 


220 


3 


No. 


11 


No. 


15 


221 


4 


104 






•M fNDEi 



Shiloh- 

Battle of 43 

Reference 86 

Ship- 

" Dolphin," French 73 

" Fortune," Dutch 74 

Sailed on the Great Lakes 14 

Columbus' fleet 2 

"Speedwell " 4 

"Mayflower" 4 

"Unrest" 6 

Landed at Marietta • . 16 

"Caroline " 38 

' " Bon Homme Richard " 22 

" Serapis " 22 

"Half Moon" and "Golden Hind" 64 

"Constitution" and "Guerriere" 64 

"Maine" 50 

Sigsbee, Captain, Charles D 51 

Silver Democrat • 50 

Issue of 49 

Silver Greys 126 

Silver Movement 49 

Sioux, Reference 76 

Question about 46 

Six States re-admitted 45 

Sixth Massachusetts Regiment in Baltimore.. . 42 

Slaves' Poet Ref. 

Slavery- 
How introduced • 3 

Great trader of 8 

Outline of 89 

Holders of 36 

Hatred of 41 

Caused Civil War Ref. 

Question about 42 

Dred Scott case 41 

Laws 40 

"Underground Railroad" 4C 

Wilmot Proviso, author 39 

Questions about 40 

Emancipation Proclamation 43 



207 


30 


No. 


12 


No. 


1 


No. 


4 


152 


228 


132 


14 


135 


59 


135 


59 


139 


88 


155 


255 


196 


4 


169 


109 


169 


109 


244 


213 


244 


213 


222 


10 


221 


1 


221 


9 


No. 


33 


220 


4 


No. 


25 


214 


21 


211 


15 


206 


15 


123 




134 


45 


144 


134 


to 


91 


192 


23 


202 


6 


85 




205 


3 


201 


3 


200 


12 


200 


15 


199 


16 


201 


6-9 


208 


43 



INDEX 



SldLvery— Continued. 

Abolished 45 

Bills nicknamed 127 

Opposed and recommended 150 

Sloughter, Governor .'. 8 

Sampson, Rear-Admiral Wm. T 52 

Smith, Captain John- 
Sketch of 3 

Smith, Joseph, founded 38 

Smith, Kirby, question about 43 

Snorri 1 

Socialist candidate 50 

"Society of Jesus"„ 9 

Sons of Liberty- 
Reference 126 

Whycalled 17 

South Carolina — 

Expedition along 72 

Settled Ref. 

Why named 153 

Ordinance 37 

First seceded 90 

Readmitted 91 

Act of United States 78 

Southern Confederacy — 

Questions about 41 

Preparation made 42 

Commander of 42 

Flag displayed 43 

President and cabinet of 42 

States composing 90 

Southern Colonies, Questions 7 

South Dakota Admitted Ref. 

Southeast Passage, Discovered 69 

Southwest Passage, Discovered 69 

Spain - 

Explorers of Ref. 

Treaty with .". 77 

War with 51 

Terms of peace 70 

Questions about 50 



210 


2 


No. 


45 


Ans. 


198 


143 


121 


to 


55 


134 


42 


197 


7 


208 


42 


130 


6 


221 


1 


145 


143 


No. 


14 


159 


21 


No. 


7 


92 




Ans. 


236 


194 


4 


No. 


13 


No. 


24 


No. 


3 


202 


9-14 


205 


12 


206 


16 


206 


25 


205 


6 


No. 


13 


Ans. 


141 


93 




252 


322 


252 


322 


72 




No. 10,18,27 


to 


55 


253 


338 


Ans. 


222 



310 INDEX 



Specie Circular- 
Explained 37 

Question about.. 59 

Specie Resumption — 

Act 47 

Reference 79 

"Speedwell" : ISft 

Spinning machine invented 98 

Spottsylvania, C. H.— 

Battle of 87 

Squatter sovereignty 40 

Reference.. 128 

Stamp act 16 

Defined 78 

Favored repeal 16 

Celebrated speech 17 

Cause of 16 

Standish, Captain Miles- 
Sketch of 4 

Nickname of Ref. 

Stanton, Edwin M.— 

Dismissal of 45 

"Ohio Jewels" Ref. 

Star of the West— Account of 41 

Star Spangled Banner- 
Story and author of 35 190 25-7 

Stark, Colonel John- 
Commander of , 107 

Battle of Bennington 21 

Stark, Mollie 107 

"Starving Time" 135 

State Representatives, Questions about 27 

State Rights. See Secession 90 

Steam-boat 98 

John Fitch Ref. 

Steam Engine 98 

Stephens, Alex. H.— 

Quotation about secession 200 

Vice-President 41 

Steuben, Baron- 
Aided 21 

Account of 58 



195 


13 


*232 


78 


214 


23 


No. 


11 


Ans. 


60 


No. 


5 


No. 


40 


201 


6 


No. 


57 


158 


5 


No. 


10 


158 


6 


159 


21 


157 


1 


136 


62 


122 




210 


4 


125 




203 


10 



No. 


4 


168 


95-6 


No. 


4 


Ans. 


59 


Ans. 


176 


No. 


13 


No. 


4 


103 




No. 


3 


Ans. 


12 


203 


12 


167 


88 


229 


56 



INDEX 311 

Stillwater, Battle of 170 Ans. 117 

" Stonewall" Jackson, Thomas J.— 

Question about 43 

Stony Point 81 

Stowe, Harriet B., wrote 40 

Novelist 100 

Humble beginning Ref. 

Stuyvesant, Governor Peter 6 

Submarine telegraph- 
Inventor 45 

Reference 98 

Subtreasury Act- 
Question 38 

Sugar Act 77 

Sullivan's Island 20 

Sumner, Charles- 
Quotation of 115 

Sumter, Ft.— 

Questions about 42 

Supreme Court- 
Members of 57 

Swedes, Question about 6 

Suspension Bridge, question 65 

Taney, Roger B 41 

Tariff, McKinley 49 

Taylor, Zachary- 

Inaugurated 214 

Administration 40 

Mexican War 84 

Question about 39 

Nickname of Ref- 

Quotation of 107 

Politics of 128 

Poor boy Ref- 

Teachers, list of 98 

"Tea Party" 17 

Tecumseh— 

Question about 68 

Killed by 35 

Reference 102 

Reference War 82 



206 


23-4 


No. 


35 


200 


14 


No. 


1 


104 




139 


92,93 


211 


8,9 


No. 


11 


198 


9 


No. 


1 


164 


68 


No. 


103 


205 


9-10 


227 


38 


139 


90 


245 


226 


202 


4 


219 


9 


Ans. 


2 


199 


1-18 


to 


85 


199 


17 


120 




No. 


1 


No. 


12 


125 




and 


100 


158 


10-11 


250 


291 


190 


28 


No. 


9 


to 


84 



312 



Telegraph Ref. Inventors 98 

Question about. 41 

Telephone Reference 98 

Question 47 

Tenure act 79 

Tennessee, admitted Ref. 

Seceded 90 

Re-admitted 91 

Territory, Northwest— Organized 30 

Territory of Louisiana- 
Purchased 33 

Territory, Acquisition of Ref. 

Texas— 

f go 

Annexing opposed -j gg 

Admitted Ref. 

Seceded 90 

Readmitted 91 

Thames, Battle of— 

Killed in 35 

Reference .' 83 

Thanksgiving — 

First 13.5 

Thirteenth Amendment- 
Question about \ *■'■■■■ * gQ 

Thomas, George H,— 

Nickname of j ] '"'"" g^j 

Question 43 

Reference 87 

Thomson, Charles, Secretary- 
First 17 

Second 19 

Number years Secretary 24 

Thorfin, Karlsefne, Question about 1 

Ticonderoga— 

Question about 19 

Noted 62 

Toledo War 76 

Tory, 126 

Story about 166 



No. 


7 


201 


11 


No. 


12 


215 


9 


No. 


5 


93 




No. 


13 


No. 


24 


181 


18-21 


186 


8 


91 




198 
198 


10 
15 


93 




No. 


18 


No. 


25 


190 


28 


No. 


17 


Ans. 


60 


210 
235 


2 
124 


207 
124 


31 


207 


30 


No. 


32 


159 


19 


163 


51 


172 


140 


130 


6 


163 


55-6 


240 


180 


No. 


19 


No. 


16 


Ans. 


8Q 



INDEX 313 

Trade Convention 25 

Reference 105 

Travellers, list of.. 101 

Treaties- 
List of 76 

Trenton 80 

Battle of 20 

Tripoli 33 

Reference 76 

True Relation of Virginia- 
First book 134 

Twelfth Amendment 60 

Tyler, John- 
Administration 38 

Nickname of Ref. 

Died 63 

Ultimatum 52 

Uncle Tom's Cabin Ref. 

Underground railroad 40 

Union of Colonies- 
Reference, conventions 105 

Explained 8 

University 31 

University of Pennsylvania 157 

"Unconditional surrender" 231 

Unpopular 32 

"Unrest" (ship) 6 

Utah admitted Ref. 

Utrecht, Treaty of, reference 76 

Valley Forge 21 168 102 

Van Buren, Martin- 
Administration 38 

Nickname of Ref. 

Politics of Ref. 

Venango, Ft 10 

Vermont admitted Ref. 

Verrazzano, French. 73 

Versailles Treaty 76 

Question 22 

Vespucci, Amerigo 2 



173 


4 


No. 


3 


to 


77 


No. 


15 


166 


86-7 


186 


10 


No. 


14 


^ns. 


42 


235 


121 


197 


1-16 


120 





241 


192 


100 





200 


12,15 


143 


123-4 


182 


27 


A.ns. 


261 


^ns. 


75 


185 


18 


139 


88 


93 




No. 


4 



196 


1-6 


120 




128 




146 


157 


93 




No. 


1 


No. 


7 


171 


121 


132 


18 



314 INDEX 

Vicksburg surrendered 87 No. 30 

Virginia Dare, birth 4 135 53 

Virginia- 
Why named 4 

First settled Ref. 

Council 3 

Cedes Northwest Territory 30 

Cotton introduced 64 

Seceded 90 

Readmitte.d.... 91 

Volunteers 42 

Wadswokth, William 7 

Quotation of 110 

Wallace, James, Story of 17 

Ward, General 62 

Wars, littof Ref. 

Intercolonial 9 

"Wag Wars" 9 

Warner, Seth, Sketch of 19 

Washington, George- 
Administration of 30 

Sketch of 31 

First gun 9 

Sent to Venango 10 

Fort built 10 

Aid to Braddock 10 

Limestone cliflf 10 

Fair shots 11 

Surveyed 155 

Commander-in-chief 19 

Took command 119 

Tree Planted J;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;";;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;";;_;;;;; HI 

Crossed the Delaware 21 

Plot against 22 

Exceedingly mad 22 

Took leave 22 

Farewell words (author, Alex. Hamilton).. 58 

( : 116 

Quotation of K 112 

( 116 

Beginning of Ref. 



135 


49 


92 




134 


44 


181 


18 


244 


210 


No. 


13 


No. 


25 


205 


11 


141 


112 


No. 


47 


160 


22 


238 


161 


75 




145 


148 


145 


149 


163 


54 


180 


1-37 


182 


36 


146 


156 


146 


157 


146 


158 


147 


160-1 


148 


170 


149 


186 


Ans. 


255 


162 


50 


No. 


10 


No. 
Ans. 


1 
201 


166 


87 


168 


107 


169 


110 


171 


122 


228 


45 


No 

No. 
No. 


118 
67 
116 


105 





315 



Washington, George— Continued. 

Convention called by 105 

Mother's quotations 108 

Dying words 109 

Note about 180 

Nickname of Ref. 

Politics of 128 

Reference 129 

Quotation about 108 

Washington Monument 182 

Washington admitted Ref. 

Washington Treaty 77 

Washington Capital 32 

Note about 225 

Congresses Ref. 

Founded 30 

Burned Capitol 34 

First inaugurated at 214 

Watt, James, inventor 98 

Wayne, Gen. Anthony- 
Victory of 31 

Nickname Ref. 

Midnight attack 241 

Webster, Daniel- 
Debates 37 

Effects treaty 38 

Beginning Ref. 

Nickname of Ref 

Reference 96 

Webster, Noah— 

• Beginning of 105 

Nickname of 123 

Weldon, R. R., seized 88 

Wesley, John, founded 8 

Question \ }2 

( — 14 

Opinion Negro slavery 150 

Wesley, Charles - 

Opposed 8 

Question-^ J2 

I 14 

West India Company described 6 

21 



No. 


2-3 


No. 


12 


No. 


29 


Ans. 


1 


120 


124 


No. 


1 


No. 


5 


No. 


11 


Ans. 


36 


93 




No. 


25 


185 


2 


Ans. 


19 


94 




181 


22 


189 


18 


Ans. 


2 


No. 


3 


181 


23 


123 




Ans. 


194 


194 


6-& 


194 


4-5 


105 




122 





No. 


4S 


144 


132 


150 
153 


193 
235 


Ans. 


198 


144 


133 


150 
153 


193 
235 


138 


84,86 



316 INDEX 



West Point 60 234 110 

West Virginia- 
Admitted Ref. 

Reference 90 

Whig Presidents Ref. 

Wliisky Rebellion- 
Question 30 

Reference 75 

White Plains, Battle of 80 

" White Apron Brigade"— 

Reference 75 

Result 7 

Whitefield, George- 
Sketch of 12 

Whitman, Walt, Poets Ref. 

Whitney, Eli- 
Inventor 98 

Question about 31 

"Wildcat Banks " described 37 

Wilderness, Battle of 87 

Question 43 

Wilkinson, James- 
Defeats Burr 33 

Willard, Frances Ref. 

William and Mary College 92 

William's, King, War 75 

Question 9 

William, King 8 

Williams, Roger- 
Sketch of 5 

Question 14 

Wilmot. David- 
Proviso 39 

■" Wilmot Proviso," Author of 39 

Winthrop, John, colony 5 

Wirz, Captain 43 

Wisconsin Ref. 

Witchcraft, Book about 8 

Wolfe, Gen. James- 
Sketch of 10 

Quotation 109 

Dying Words 108 



93 




No. 


17 


128 





181 


11-12 


No. 


6 


No. 


13 


No. 


2 


142 


114 


150 


198 


97 




No. 


2 


182 


30 


195 


14 


No. 


39 


208 


40 


187 


15 


101 




No. 


2 


No. 


5 


145 


148 


144 


127 


137 


68 


153 


235 


199 


16 


199 


16 


136 


66 


208 


37 


93 




142 


120 


148 


166 


No. 


33 


No. 


14 



INDEX 317 

Woolly Heads [or Nolly Heads] 126 

Question 58 

Women, Eminent- 
List of 99 

Question about 16 

'Wyoming massacre 74 

Wyoming admitted Ref. 

X-Rats 98 

"X, Y, Z Papers" 126 

Complete (ans.) 63 

Treaty 77 

Question 32 

Yadkin (army saved) 21 167 92 

Yale College- 
Founder of 12 

Reference 92 

Yamassee War 75 

" Yankee Doodle" 22 

Yazoo Frauds 127 

Yellow Fever 47 

York, Duke of 6 

Torktown, Battle of— 

Questions about 22 

Reference 82 

Toung, Brigham, leader 38 



No. 


34 


228 


40 


to 


101 


156 


260 


No. 


10 


93 





No. 


15 


No. 


30 


243 


203 


No. 


15 


184 


10 



150 


196 


No. 


3 


No. 


7 


170 


116-7 


No. 


43 


215 


12 


139 


91 


170 116-118 


No. 


54 


197 


7 



